How to Use deprecate in a Sentence

deprecate

verb
Definition of deprecatenext
Synonyms for deprecatenext
  • Siemien laughed at his self-deprecating joke, but there’s a bit of truth there.
    — Lindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Maybe the girl should learn the art of self-deprecating banter or rephrase her paranoia as a rap.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Jan. 2020
  • If nothing else, a host could read the room and self-deprecate as necessary.
    — Author: Hank Stuever, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The flow of the sentences is loose and comfortable; the tone is self-deprecating but also a bit puzzled.
    — Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2015
  • One of the best strategies for kids who get bullied is to use self-deprecating humor.
    — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Inside the Denver locker room, the star of the team was happy in his usual goofy, self-deprecating way.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Christensen’s self-deprecating answer about sand scored him even more points with the Star Wars fans.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 16 Apr. 2017
  • One of my best friends, who worked in radio, came up with the idea of a funny self-deprecating segment about me and my weird snobbery.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 May 2018
  • But viewers had to make do with the self-portrait, because the artist with bright blue eyes and a wry, self-deprecating sense of humor was nowhere to be seen.
    — Jori Finkel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
  • He was struck by Elvis's between-song banter, which the singer filled with self-deprecating jokes and sarcasm.
    — Geoff Edgers, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • He was struck by Elvis’s between-song banter, which the singer filled with self-deprecating jokes and sarcasm.
    — Geoff Edgers, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The only question is who could crack the better self-deprecating joke.
    — Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • The goal is to deploy these by late 2022, help scale adoption, and only then start to deprecate third-party cookies.
    — Forrester, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • In fact, in the pantheon of the latest memes to spread, therapy and self-care memes keep popping, but this is already one of the more of the funny, self-deprecating kind.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The Recent Apps icon is still an old-school menu icon, a button Android deprecated six years ago.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Long story short: Jim Crane handled the event in stride, and even capped his acceptance speech with a self-deprecating joke.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Expect the same feel-good, blue-collar humor with a self-deprecating bent.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Metesky told Brussel of his plans to be discharged and deprecated his bomb-making skills.
    — Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • Over the course of 13 minutes, Kimmel cried, made a few self-deprecating jokes and then took a tactical pivot.
    — Geoff Edgers, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The singer, who turns 79 today, showed her self-deprecating sense of humor in an interview last year.
    — latimes.com, 1 May 2018
  • Send him a kind, self-deprecating note suggesting a tweak to his profile.
    — Esquire, 20 Aug. 2013
  • Probation, the judge said, would deprecate the seriousness of the crime.
    — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
  • Andre’s self-deprecating asides have the wisdom of Buddhist koans.
    — Patty Rhule, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Benaim said self-deprecating humor is an easy place to start.
    — Kara Alaimo, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • But all Trump could see was a man deprecating Trump’s victory.
    — Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, 12 May 2017
  • The show carries a lot of levity and self-deprecating humor about his disease.
    — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 18 Sep. 2017
  • But the self-deprecating star is best remembered for her comedies.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2017
  • James Corden had a few political lines, but the Grammy host largely kept the focus of the night on the music and his self-deprecating brand of humor.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Jimmy Fallon keeps saying deprecating things like that he’s never worked a day in his life.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • And, one winner changes an entire industry by deprecating a single small component.
    — Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023

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