“The Very lights burned deprecatingly, illuminating beauties upon which no eye gazed and for which no heart beat.”

“When he met William Glock for the first time, the BBC head of music and boss of the Proms spoke deprecatingly of Tod's predilection for the music of Vaughan Williams, Delius and Bax.”

“He waved his hand deprecatingly, the bradawl used for his work in it.”