was deprecating
- past progressive of deprecate.
Example Sentences
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Her tone was deprecating, but she lingered wickedly on the title.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
"Oh, don't you preach at me, Ntoniella!" he said, in the very language she was deprecating.
From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William
She knew the look only too well, poor soul, and her attitude was deprecating as she sat there gazing up pitifully at the strip of level greyness above the houses opposite.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
Jefferson was deprecating, politely determined to serve the country in his own way, lost in admiration of this opponent's intellect, but forced to admit his mistakes—the mistakes of a too ardent mind.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
In 1861 when Cavour was deprecating angry protests from the European powers against his invasion of the Marches, he used words of extraordinary foresight to the representative of Prussia.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
