How to Use deprecate in a Sentence

deprecate

verb
  • Siemien laughed at his self-deprecating joke, but there’s a bit of truth there.
    — Lindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • If nothing else, a host could read the room and self-deprecate as necessary.
    — Author: Hank Stuever, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2019
  • If nothing else, a host could read the room and self-deprecate as necessary.
    — Hank Stuever, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Benaim said self-deprecating humor is an easy place to start.
    — Kara Alaimo, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • One of the best strategies for kids who get bullied is to use self-deprecating humor.
    — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Stevens' streak of humor often comes off as self-deprecating.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Esquire, 4 May 2017
  • Brown had a wonderful sense of self-deprecating humor and laughed about his gaffe for years.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Send him a kind, self-deprecating note suggesting a tweak to his profile.
    — Esquire, 20 Aug. 2013
  • The only question is who could crack the better self-deprecating joke.
    — Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • Expect the same feel-good, blue-collar humor with a self-deprecating bent.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2018
  • There are recipes, too, though Dahmen is self-deprecating about her own cooking.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2020
  • But the self-deprecating star is best remembered for her comedies.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2017
  • Metesky told Brussel of his plans to be discharged and deprecated his bomb-making skills.
    — Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 2 May 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Christensen’s self-deprecating answer about sand scored him even more points with the Star Wars fans.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 16 Apr. 2017
  • That means Google decides what gets added, what gets deprecated, how versioning works.
    — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The show carries a lot of levity and self-deprecating humor about his disease.
    — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 18 Sep. 2017
  • But it's often masked in self deprecating tangents, ball jokes, and tales of loss and personal failure.
    — Juan Vidal, Esquire, 20 June 2014
  • Once the new models go live, earlier versions will be deprecated.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
  • On a year-to-date basis, the currency has deprecated over 8% against the greenback.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Probation, the judge said, would deprecate the seriousness of the crime.
    — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
  • The singer, who turns 79 today, showed her self-deprecating sense of humor in an interview last year.
    — latimes.com, 1 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
  • Andre’s self-deprecating asides have the wisdom of Buddhist koans.
    — Patty Rhule, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2018
  • 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

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