And, in their laddish way, they will make lewd and disparaging remarks and innuendos. |
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I formed the impression that my husband was not close to his relatives, given the disparaging way he spoke about them. |
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Mitton suggested an advance, to which Hawking smiled and made a faintly disparaging reply. |
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Any overt public criticism or disparaging remarks can result in a loss of face and cause extreme embarrassment. |
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Thus his disparaging report was launched into a propitiously fertile environment. |
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Reynolds gave his approval, but John Constable was disparaging about their aesthetic value. |
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So, if you're ugly or funny-looking, you needn't worry that they'll make disparaging remarks. |
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It stated that no advocate would be permitted to make disparaging and derogatory remarks against the presiding judge. |
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For years there were always disparaging remarks about the fact that Rangers had won another title. |
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The problem would be as much the risk of disparaging the concept of Tibet as it would be a risk of offending China. |
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Then I heard them making slightly disparaging remarks about how they would be better at running than us. |
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You will note that I have not said one disparaging thing about British food or its nutritional value. |
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The most disparaging effect of the high cost is on students with lower socioeconomic status. |
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There is more than a tinge of sexism to the disparaging treatment of romantic novelists. |
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He speaks in a booming voice and is insultingly deferential or disparaging towards women. |
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Sutherland's disparaging tone regarding the work of the valuer is both ill informed and unprofessional. |
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First, disparaging reference to a teacher's advanced age is not at all consistent with Tibetan cultural norms. |
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It was a general ruling that no member of Parliament was entitled to make disparaging remarks about any other member. |
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One morning, the police showed up with scissors and cut out a disparaging article about the Vietnamese government. |
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I am referring to a well-defined phenomenon with this term, which as such carries no disparaging connotation whatsoever. |
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The marquis gave his friend a disparaging look and left the lodgings without another word. |
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Whilst Mark has chosen celebrity mania as a context for the story, he is not totally disparaging of its role in society. |
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Nevertheless, you don't hear jokes about equine looks, nor waspishly disparaging put-downs as often as you used to. |
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I'd make snide remarks to him, snub him, give him disparaging looks and he usually responded by ignoring my bad behavior and avoiding me. |
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Despite the oft disparaging remarks about wives, we are of course a lovely bunch. |
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Just as I was disparaging Cristian Guzman, he ripped a double down the third-base line, then little Augie Ojeda singled him home. |
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That was when his interest in Walsh was first piqued by a disparaging throwaway remark slung across the kitchen table by his mother. |
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He wrote a viciously disparaging blog post about the company's rejection of a dictionary app. |
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Whereas Darwinists had been relentless in disparaging intelligent design as a pseudoscience, Darwinism itself now came to be viewed as a pseudoscience. |
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That will be a speech long on Democratic wish lists and disparaging remarks about Republicans, and very short on olive branches. |
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I want to focus my speech on what has been the focus of some national media stories, and I have even heard some disparaging remarks in the House. |
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It is not meant to be disparaging of Oxford's favourite son. |
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One would think so, given the paucity of references to this organization, and when made, in a relatively disparaging way. |
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With disparaging magnanimity in victory, Henry took simnel into his kitchens as a turnspit. |
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Teresa, tempted to stick her tongue out at her men for making disparaging remarks about women and their penchant for silly names, opted to turn her nose up at them. |
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This disparaging article puts forth some comments that are completely false. |
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She stated that, apart from the resignation issue, she had made no disparaging remarks about Miller's character. |
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We've all heard disparaging comments about that profession and jokes. |
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Mainstream Sinn Feiners were very disparaging of his decision. |
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He liked to make disparaging jokes about attorneys in pinstripes and tasseled loafers. |
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I know that the Quebec premier, Mr. Landry, made disparaging remarks about the red rag and the flag of Canada. |
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Venezuela and Mexico are recalling their ambassadors to each other's countries over disparaging remarks about the Mexican president from the president of Venezuela. |
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She didn't mean to be disparaging, which only made me feel worse. |
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In this scene, we see her deal with his disparaging thoughts on education with passive-aggressive panache. |
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Jack has been acquitted of manslaughter and delightedly regales his girlfriend Maggie and their neighbours Lynne and Dennis with a disparaging account of the trial. |
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He even worked in a few disparaging remarks about the Pakistani team. |
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And I find it hard to imagine that he would be disparaging of his customers if they happened to be gay. |
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His career remains shrouded by polemicists' disparaging depictions of him. |
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I would not like to say anything disparaging of the capital, but it is hard to say anything good of it. |
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Other leaks, however, seek to advance the interests of the Canadian government or of government officials, in some cases by disparaging the reputation of another. |
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As a result of the Panel's initiative in this matter, the manufacturers have agreed to refrain from any disparaging statements about breast-milk and breastfeeding in their advertising and marketing of such products. |
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For what it is worth, our own perception is that some senior managers were more harsh, disparaging and insensitive in their approach to downsizing, while others were more considerate, respectful and caring. |
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It would be wrong and disparaging to say that nothing has been done. |
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To his friends, she was an inexplicable choice of wife, and the subject of some rather disparaging and unkind remarks. |
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However, the disparaging Hellenic stereotype of barbarians did not totally dominate Hellenic attitudes. |
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The Victoria County History has several disparaging descriptions of the Wigan area in the early 20th century. |
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The name Washington Redskins is disparaging to Native Americans. |
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Unless the people now disparaging Keynes get their hands on them. |
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The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary. |
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You might think this is harmless coffee break chit-chat, but it can be extremely harmful to others who have no way of defending their reputation from such disparaging remarks. |
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Eventually, enough of these secret fans grow up and get together, and the writer is designated a Genius, acquiring all the encumbrances of genius: fans, notes, annotated editions, and gently disparaging comprehensive reviews. |
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He was advocating for African-Americans, not disparaging them. |
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During all these years and zillions of conversations on the topic, I've certainly heard a few disparaging comments about other people's choices-but only a few. |
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Nowadays, it is uncool for straight men to be disparaging about gay men. |
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Nigel Farage, Ukip's leader, made three trips to the constituency during the four-week campaign, downing pints in local pubs, climbing aboard a tank and making disparaging remarks about Miliband, who visited the seat twice. |
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On Wednesday I made a speech to the hearing — with Lord Leveson only yards away — in which I was somewhat disparaging of his ability when, as a young QC, he failed to win a conviction for tax evasion charges against Ken Dodd. |
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In November hundreds of medical students protested in Gonghe county against the circulation of a government leaflet disparaging the immolators and the Dalai Lama. |
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Returning to my riding, it became poignantly clear that Canadians were hearing much of the disparaging and demeaning attacks on the previous government. |
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As with support for traditional family aspirations, support for marriage should not and does not have to be at the expense of being disparaging toward people who do not choose to marry. |
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Complaint: The complainant alleged that the judge of a superior court, during criminal proceedings, made disparaging remarks about the competence of judges of the provincial court. |
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In his opinion, one must say everything good about a people, no matter who they are, before speaking of their faults, and the disparaging discourse held by some with regard to native populations is not to his liking. |
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I will not be disparaging of any race, creed or class of people. |
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Each opened his bundle praising his own goods and disparaging his neighbours thrusting a piece of silk towards us recommending it as Scatch plat or Bailatee. |
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In various cases its editorial use appears to be disparaging. |
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