terms of disparagement
Example Sentences
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Nothing could be a happier fate for her; and you will be no friend to her if you use any foolish terms of disparagement of him because he does not happen to please your fancy.'
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Mazzetti spoke frequently of his colleague, Goré, and always in terms of disparagement.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
Why are Mr. L�wenthal and Mr. Brien, quondam editorial prot�g�s, now never spoken of but in terms of disparagement?
From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes
The universities are spoken of in terms of disparagement by men of all classes.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
It is ever an ungracious task to speak in terms of disparagement of a lady.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
