He retaliated with a light touch of self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
Why indulge in weak modesty and fool self-depreciation?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
That would be fitting with my normal self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Rules for writing] Reference
He immediately became indignant at his own self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
So speaks Mrs. Davis, in noble self-depreciation of herself and her class. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
Self - condemnation and self-depreciation gave birth to false self - accusation. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Gloat: Most of my self-depreciation counters the horrible gloating I did as a kid. From Wordnik.com. [Alphabet Meme: G] Reference
They has no self-depreciation in their jokes, nor do they try to expand their reach. From Wordnik.com. [O'Reilly on "Colbert" and Colbert on "O'Reilly."] Reference
Not that this humorous self-depreciation is to be pressed; for, unlike that critic, he is no. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
There is a common vice of self-conceit, but there is also a common vice of excessive self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Socratic self-depreciation, remained a minor figure of speech until the early eighteenth century, when in. From Wordnik.com. [IRONY] Reference
But equally, there is such a thing as self-depreciation, and to a certain extent I cannot but feel that we. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
As I said before, the personal humility of the soldier has nothing in it of abject self-depreciation or slackness. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
Hawthorne, because of his timidity and self-depreciation, did not begin his real literary career until rather late. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
The humility which the Army inculcates is not an abject self-depreciation that leads to loss of self-respect and effort. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
If we send out worry thoughts or thoughts of self-depreciation we must expect others to receive the message as we send it. From Wordnik.com. [Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves] Reference
With self-depreciation, we feel that we are inherently undeserving of what we have, while others innately deserve it instead. From Wordnik.com. [20 Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness] Reference
There is no living creature but a dog who would not have been ashamed to show such a mixture of transport and self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Desiring to be sympathetic and to say something consoling, he replied, with unnecessary self-depreciation, "You don't miss much.". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
FELLOW NEW ENGLANDERS -- Or, in view of our habitual modesty and self-depreciation, I ought, perhaps, rather to say, Fellow Pharisees. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
That is a self-depreciation, a half-slander of one's self. From Wordnik.com. [The Jucklins A Novel] Reference
Her expression had a delightful touch of self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
There were times when self-depreciation ceased to be a virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Edge] Reference
There is in it much appearance of humility and self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Missions] Reference
But he answered, jealous of his dear lady's self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
But his self-depreciation was here cut off with the electric light. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning Spear] Reference
He nodded, and she ran on with a rippling laugh of self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Desired Woman] Reference
"They ought indeed," said Rickie, and plunged into self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Longest Journey] Reference
Do we not use more emphatic words than these in our self-depreciation?. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
They were, and the Roll Call bore witness to their rigourous self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart] Reference
A sense of humor and a bit of self-depreciation goes a long way with the judges. From Wordnik.com. [Politics Daily] Reference
Boleskey's sudden diffidences, self-depreciation, fits of despair, irritated him. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Rubein, and other stories] Reference
In time they were succeeded by an affectation of contrite apology and self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Flip, a California romance] Reference
And this is just where his own modesty and self-depreciation have played him a scurvy trick. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Aurora] Reference
Hannah Macaulay's description of her bodily condition erred on the side of self-depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Iron] Reference
From what writhing agonies of lacerated self-love came that pride which was but self-depreciation?. From Wordnik.com. [What Will He Do with It? — Complete] Reference
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