How to Use disparage in a Sentence

disparage

verb

• The article disparaged polo as a game for the wealthy.
• It's a mistake to disparage their achievements.
• Voters don't like political advertisements in which opponents disparage one another.
• Slabe said the upshot of the research was not to disparage hunters.
  — Christina Larson, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
• The artist has opened up in the past about disparaging comments made about her image.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2019
• To say that many of these films were made with persuasion in mind is not to disparage them.
  — Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• The fact is, the author used a single data point to disparage the union.
  — Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
• There’s no reason to disparage or hold that against the program.
  — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
• One of them went so far as to disparage a white colleague’s young Black son.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2022
• Trump has gone out of his way to disparage Jeff Sessions.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 29 Oct. 2019
• That didn’t stop some people from disparaging the protest.
  — John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• None of this is meant to disparage the phenomenal women athletes at the top of their game.
  — Steve Magness, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2022
• The trolls regularly disparaged Ryan and spread some fake news about the speaker.
  — Kevin Crowe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2018
• Trump heaps praise on nations that reject our values while disparaging those that share them.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 18 Oct. 2019
• Both sides disparaging the other, and both sides beating up their own to make sure two of ours or two of theirs did not make it into the top two.
  — Amy Chance, sacbee, 11 June 2018
• The texts disparaged racial minorities, women and gays.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
• After someone dies, fans often turn on those who try to disparage them.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• The intention is certainly not to disparage the church.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2022
• The fliers may have been the result of tensions between neighbors, with one party trying to disparage the other.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity.com, 10 May 2017
• Cheryl agrees to write a piece in the school newspaper disparaging Sheriff Keller's work.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2018
• The wife just told me that during one of their battles her husband accused me and Travis of saying disparaging things about her.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• Partridge said there has been a barrage of videos and comments on social media seeking to disparage good cops.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 26 June 2017
• Not to disparage the worth of big stars, but in many ways George was too deep and profound to become a big pop sensation.
  — Mike Barnes, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2021
• Hodges abstained from voting and, when asked about it, made disparaging comments.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
• This criticism in no way disparages the actions of students across the country protesting gun laws.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 14 Mar. 2018
• But when people start to disparage Western medicine, that annoys me.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 22 May 2018
• The wife just told me that during one of their battles, her husband accused me and Travis of saying disparaging things about her.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
• In the settlement, both Black and Cranley agreed not to disparage each other.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Trump, who was not sued in this case, has also made disparaging comments about Freeman.
  — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• In exchange, Sterrett agreed not to come back to school or to disparage the university.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024