Self-deprecation is fine, but your work is your art.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Long-Winded and Somewhat Reluctant Do & Don't List for Newbies Wanting to Reach Out to Authors] Reference

The Visitor said ... sigh, self-deprecation is lost on some.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wah!!!! Tash Got Longlisted!!!!!!!!] Reference

The best way to avoid deprecation is to drive fewer miles, says Ibara.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cars That Lose Their Value Fastest] Reference

In a man worth tens of billions of dollars, self-deprecation is a boast.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Everyman] Reference

She had blushed, and murmured as if in deprecation, and then the others had come in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Enchanted April] Reference

In fact, self-deprecation is generally judged to be one of my most winning attributes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Putting Guests in Their Place] Reference

‘” I think self-deprecation is an important thing,” says Kelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Print - Post-Game Cultural Analysis | PopPolitics.com] Reference

Self-deprecation is a sign of insecurity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain America's Shield Found in Iron Man?! « FirstShowing.net] Reference

And it's just that kind of deprecation that puts me firmly on the side of the invigorated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

There was a grudging self-deprecation in his tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Man] Reference

Mr. Waxy shook his head with an air of mild deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference

Insecurity and self-deprecation redeem Stern, and the movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Congeniality] Reference

Mrs. Beecher Stowe's teachings undergo a playful deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australian Writers] Reference

She lifted her eyes with a look of humble deprecation, and said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

Crowley said, his voice registering self-deprecation, "Over here.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Man] Reference

She may have lost everything, but not her self-deprecation and wit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spirit Of Survival Amid Devastating Pakistan Floods] Reference

"Oh, forgive me!" he exclaimed, with a quick gesture of deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Splendid Folly] Reference

No college essay is a success without some sincere self-deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education: Crunch Time For Grads] Reference

"No WMD?" one Army officer said with a little self-deprecation recently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hunt Goes On] Reference

But Stephen put out his hand with a movement of slightly rigid deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of a Star] Reference

But this sense of wrongness and self-deprecation began to bring back bitterness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference

I did have one secret weapon that seemed to toss away Nellie's self-deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie McKay Reveals 'Cavendish'] Reference

"Oh, that is hardly the case, I think," said the doctor in a tone of deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference

Fine words, genteel deprecation, and magnanimous generality are the tricks of villany.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] 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

"" I really don't know anything about anything, '' he insisted with typical self-deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of The Road] Reference

While he relished her wit, it had always been with an unspoken deprecation of its cutting edge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Collectors] Reference

The German shook his head in deprecation of the idea that he wished any return for his services.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference

Beau Brummell, whose deprecation of those horrid coach steps he would repeat with great delight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference

These words were expressed in every varying shade of entreaty, deprecation, conciliation, and prayer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference

Clooney will probably receive his award with his usual mix of self-deprecation and old-Hollywood glamor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The seven Emmy Award moments not to miss] Reference

The local president of the Workers of the World spread his hands out in modest deprecation of such applause.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference

"I don't see how you are to get out of it," says Mr. Browne, shaking his head and hands in wild deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] 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

He held up both hands in mock deprecation; then, dropping his bantering tone, said, as he puffed at his cigar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference

The likable Grace is a worthy successor, his comic style an elastic mix of cockiness and stumbling self-deprecation.    From Wordnik.com.  [IN GOOD COMPANY: EVEN NOW, FATHER KNOWS BEST] Reference