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.
  • But for once that’s not so disparaging a critique.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For half a season, he was disparaged as not being a true point guard.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Slabe said the upshot of the research was not to disparage hunters.
    — Christina Larson, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
  • There are some accounts that just tweet things to disparage Drake.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The artist has opened up in the past about disparaging comments made about her image.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • Yes, she’s not supposed to disparage Craig, but not like this.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no reason to disparage or hold that against the program.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The fact is, the author used a single data point to disparage the union.
    — Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
  • No matter how disparaging the reviews, his movies turned a profit.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
  • But as one hand disparaged the trend, the other was beckoning.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Trump, who was not sued in this case, has also made disparaging comments about Freeman.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Most of her friends were white and would make disparaging remarks about Hispanics.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
  • 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 video also dubs Schumer saying disparaging things about his party.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Our family was disparaged in the hallways of the school by the music teacher.
    — Bj, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
  • 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
  • With that, the government cannot make disparaging comments about him, either.
    — Sofi Zeman july 2, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • It’s also been disparaged as a frivolous bagatelle.
    — Patricia Mears, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
  • Both would be famous, both see themselves as liberators, and both be disparaged with racial slurs.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What’s disturbing is the rush to cover their asses and disparage the victim.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Nor is his penchant for making disparaging remarks about women.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The trolls regularly disparaged Ryan and spread some fake news about the speaker.
    — Kevin Crowe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2018
  • But Kelly’s statements were not made while on active duty, and were not disparaging.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Cheryl agrees to write a piece in the school newspaper disparaging Sheriff Keller's work.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2018

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