There was a hint of self-deprecatory humor in her tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ideal Bride]

This self-deprecatory notion was all part of the malaise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Silent]

He hesitated with the flicker of a self-deprecatory smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cargo of Eagles]

"She has a ready wit and a self-deprecatory sense of humor.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]

I gave him what I hoped looked like a self-deprecatory smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Eight Bells Toll]

His eyes returned to hers, full of self-deprecatory laughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ideal Bride]

The intercom on the flight board emitted a self-deprecatory burp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cities In Flight]

Glancing at him, she saw the self-deprecatory smile playing about his lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of His Own]

D. s specialty was self-deprecatory humor accompanied by facial contortions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terra Incognita]

He is charmingly self-deprecatory, offering a number of comical self portraits.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn] Reference

This turned out, also in typical Div style, to be deceptive, self-deprecatory mince.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]

Based on the first two games of the Series, the self-deprecatory analysis might have merit.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Giants starter Ortiz finds going rough] Reference

The first time he heard the expression, he'd assumed it was a bit of self-deprecatory humour.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]

Modest, off-hand, self-deprecatory - if I played it properly, I'd get a knighthood out of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sky Writer] Reference

They undercut a lot of stuff which would be painful by being silly or OTT or self-deprecatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [:P] Reference

Now adopt some of that tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecatory humor on your own social media outposts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debbie Weil: Open Letter to BP: Three Tips on How to Use Social Media and the Web to Diffuse Your PR Crisis] Reference

I've been accused of a lot of things, but I've never been lambasted as endearingly self-deprecatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [I've been accused of a - Anil Dash] Reference

Thompson is amiable as we talk by telephone, revealing the self-deprecatory, dry wit he uses on stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Giltz: CDs: Richard Thompson -- Still Brilliant, Still a Rock God, Still Getting Boxed] Reference

He was a gifted illustrator, and seems to have known it, for he was modest and usually self-deprecatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empire of Dreams] Reference

And it's not uncommon for the cutter to carve self-deprecatory words into her skin: ugly, worthless, bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Harold Koplewicz: YouTube Cutters: What Parents Can Do About Kids Injuring Themselves on Camera] Reference

If you wish me to resign "-- his self-deprecatory manner bespoke an impossible supposition --" very well.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference

She seems to have little trouble relating the mundane realities of her own life, but in a self-deprecatory way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carl Sferrazza Anthony: First Ladies: Character to Caricature, Part One] Reference

This is a guy who's very self-deprecatory and who may suffer from a lack of what we call in modern America self-esteem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family] Reference

I am so thoroughly anglicised that my animadversions on the English are more likely to be self-deprecatory than xenophobic.    From Wordnik.com.  [1588 and All That] Reference

He was the hit of the Slate holiday party at the downtown lounge Happy Endings, debuting a new self-aware, self-deprecatory Spitzer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spitzer in Exile] Reference

ME tag for Social Media is a self-deprecatory admission So MEEEE that there is a lot of broadcasting even by people who should know better.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three months a-Twittering] Reference

Mr. Millard assumed a self-deprecatory expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions]

But the 800-word piece has far more self-deprecatory stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Gerrard sought vainly for a suitably self-deprecatory reply, but the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path to Honour] Reference

He attempted a self-deprecatory smile which ended in an unpleasant grimace.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Clue A Mystery Story] Reference

Letterman has mined the Palin incident repeatedly for self-deprecatory humor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

In the present self-deprecatory mood in which the English people find themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaprops.] Reference

He slurred over the word "lonely," throwing it away with a self-deprecatory smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fountainhead]

And no, I'm not making fun of overweight people, but being, in a way, self-deprecatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The India Uncut Blog] Reference

Viewers have to put up with the false modesty of O'Reilly-sanctioned self-deprecatory humor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

And then, with his customary self-deprecatory acerbic twinkle, he introduced his latest film.    From Wordnik.com.  [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference

Smith called him as a "very honourable person, hugely courageous, self-deprecatory and warm.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweden to appeal UK bail for WikiLeaks founder - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

It's all good stuff, and proofed against pomposity by Fry's reliably self-deprecatory delivery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference