What put that idea into your head? "replied my father, with a kind of deprecatory smile. From Wordnik.com. [Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk] Reference
He approached Orme, and his manner was deprecatory. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
The other made a deprecatory gesture with his hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
He paused awkwardly, smiling in deprecatory fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
There was a hint of self-deprecatory humor in her tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
The eyebrow was raised with a deprecatory, inquiring look. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
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]
Philip made a deprecatory gesture, as if to wave Andrew away. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
His eyes returned to hers, full of self-deprecatory laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
Murray made a deprecatory shrug to show that he wanted no sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
At mention of it Warren Rodney murmured broken, deprecatory excuses. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
The Archdeacon made a deprecatory movement, repudiating the metaphor. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30] Reference
Hilary screwed round in his chair and made a deprecatory face at him. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
The story-teller also smiled, knowingly, and raised a deprecatory hand. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
Gualtier bowed with a deprecatory air, and hung his head in deep abasement. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Glancing at him, she saw the self-deprecatory smile playing about his lips. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
"I really mean it, sir," persisted "Cobbler" Horn, with a deprecatory smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Mr. Sandford softly rubbed his white hands and bowed with a deprecatory smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
"Yes, dear Lucille; alas! yes," she answered, in a tone that was almost deprecatory. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
His deprecatory smile and the gesture of his hands and shoulders conveyed his meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Anarky, and the same deprecatory yet wary smile rested like moonlight on his placid face. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.] Reference
And it would seem, indeed, that there is ample justification for his deprecatory remarks. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
When I had finished one of the correspondents shook his head in a deprecatory way and said. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
The motley throng of loafers sidled up to the bar with a deprecatory and automatic movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
"Why talk of these unpleasant things, Freddy?" said Foyle, with a deprecatory wave of the hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
He has, in return for the contumely, only a smile, a deprecatory wave of the hand and a speech. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891] Reference
He had come in unnoticed and now made deprecatory gestures and rather silly little faces at Troy. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
He held his head slightly on one side, and his whole attitude was somewhat deprecatory and cringing. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
Kwaiba, confident in his powers, readily accepted the deprecatory answer of Iémon at its face value. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
His voice was slightly deprecatory; I think he didn't quite give us credit for our father's affability. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Pretty soon there came a deprecatory cough from the stairway -- the local method of announcing a visitor. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
Her attitude was deprecatory; it might have moved a stone, but it produced no impression on her listener. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] 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
"Hush; don't speak in such a harsh tone, Nell," answered Mr. Elliston, with a deprecatory wave of the hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
"It ain't but a wee bit to do for a good ship-mate," Blodgett remarked with a deprecatory wave of his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
A dozen voices were murmuring by then, deprecatory and anxious on one side, in rumbling anger on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Cadfael's Penance]
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