Example Sentences

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Some have celebrated the sports stars’ actions, while others have denigrated them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2020

More pointedly, Rifkind regularly takes issue with previous cultural historians who have denigrated Salka’s importance as a screenwriter, even on several Garbo projects, starting with “Queen Christina.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

Drilling proponents have denigrated the coastal plain as a “flat, white nothingness,” but it is a place brimming with life, connected ecologically to places across the continent and around the world.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2018

In his public statements, Mr. Gelb has consistently praised the artists and technicians at the Met, whereas many company members have denigrated their boss as overbearing and clueless.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2014

Ms. Palin also excoriated conservative writers who have denigrated Mr. Gingrich, including George Will and Peggy Noonan, who called Mr. Gingrich an “angry little attack muffin.”

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2012