There was a grudging self-deprecation in his tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
You made a little joke, a little self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2006] Reference
I never -- I've always used it as self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2004] Reference
It was told with his usual charming self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Video: VF Daily] Reference
I would refute her self-deprecation, but then, I stopped. From Wordnik.com. [PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Reflections on Aging, and What It Means to Be Beautiful] Reference
I sensed that his self-deprecation was not exactly genuine. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Then there were shades of Conan O'Brien's self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Wannabe] Reference
Insecurity and self-deprecation redeem Stern, and the movie. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Congeniality] Reference
Mayor Bloomberg used the occasion for some self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [A Private Party for Perfume Packaging] Reference
You think of Paul Newman, you think of wit and self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Listi: Paul Newman: An Appreciation] Reference
Crowley said, his voice registering self-deprecation, "Over here.". From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
She heard the self-deprecation in his low tone and it relaxed her. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Alone]
She may have lost everything, but not her self-deprecation and wit. From Wordnik.com. [A Spirit Of Survival Amid Devastating Pakistan Floods] Reference
No college essay is a success without some sincere self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Education: Crunch Time For Grads] Reference
This was surely not just a bit of self-deprecation on Kristol's part. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Court Nomination: Pressure Mounts To Avoid The Ivy League] Reference
However, don't push this too self-deprecation too far - keep it light. From Wordnik.com. [Gretchen Rubin: Want New Friends? 8 Ways To Make Yourself More Likable] Reference
"No WMD?" one Army officer said with a little self-deprecation recently. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunt Goes On] Reference
It's hard to communicate self-deprecation outside of your mother tongue. From Wordnik.com. [kinaesthesia Diary Entry] Reference
“Young man,” she said to me, then shook her head in self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
A lot of people interpret self-deprecation in a writer as putting on airs. From Wordnik.com. [I Devour Frogs of Summer With a Post Columnist] Reference
BLITZER: The self-deprecation, the willingness to do that was very impressive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: President Clinton Draws Laughs at White House Correspondents' Dinner - May 1, 2000] Reference
I mean, I think this is a person to whom self-deprecation does not come easily. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: President Clinton Draws Laughs at White House Correspondents' Dinner - May 1, 2000] Reference
I did have one secret weapon that seemed to toss away Nellie's self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie McKay Reveals 'Cavendish'] Reference
But this sense of wrongness and self-deprecation began to bring back bitterness. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
Another gesture, apology and self-deprecation in a graceful turn of his pate hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
Twenty years later, she has won America over with her self-deprecation and dance moves. From Wordnik.com. [Proust Questionnaire: Ellen DeGeneres] Reference
He often ends up talking about Nam -- with humor and self-deprecation, but for a reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Outside Shooter...And The Fighting Pilot] Reference
But Plimpton used it as a tool it enhanced the self-deprecation inherent in his exploits. From Wordnik.com. [Being, And Appreciating, George Plimpton] Reference
He combined a certain literary swagger with an unabashedly comic sense of self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The New Armies of the Night] Reference
"" I really don't know anything about anything, '' he insisted with typical self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of The Road] Reference
McCain responded with some self-deprecation, followed by some of his trademark straight talk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007] Reference
"If one has been bearish in this environment, one has had plenty of cause for self-deprecation.". From Wordnik.com. [Jim Grant and the Chicken Littles Exercise Their Right to Be Wrong] Reference
She had wonderful moments of self-definition and self-deprecation at the beginning of the speech. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2008] Reference
Her curiosity and self-deprecation intact, survivor Ms. Bartsch is poised for her next incarnation. From Wordnik.com. [We're Tough as Boots: Ode to Unscathed Broads] Reference
As the guy who made mergers and acquisitions reporting fun, Sorkin can afford the self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Ames: No News Is Still News in Sun Valley] Reference
He has learned to mask his certainties -- as well as his insecurities -- behind a veneer of self-deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
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