| The tone is deprecatory throughout, and 30 cartoons, many of which are full page, reinforce the ridicule and derision. |
| He met each interviewer on deck with a deprecatory smile, and the hat pushed back on his head. |
| Other ranking officers have also made deprecatory and abusive comments about the defence minister at international meetings. |
| In my more than two years of writing on the web, I have had enough deprecatory e-mails from readers who do not share my high opinion of the man. |
| Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile. But no smile answered him from her set face. |
| It was while defending himself that he was alleged to have made deprecatory remarks about the leader. |
