How to Use derogatory in a Sentence

derogatory

adjective

• That is pure Trump: the derogatory nickname and the rest of it.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021
• How the phrase came to be so derogatory was a mystery to him.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 30 July 2019
• That might sound a bit derogatory, but it’s not meant to be.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2022
• There are a bunch of shows that sound like each other, not in a derogatory way.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 20 June 2018
• Still, the use of some derogatory language on the platform spiked after Musk took the helm.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2022
• That could be because of the derogatory remarks Trump made about women in the past.
  — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• But would a lawyer be on the side of the music that was derogatory about people who suffered in Auschwitz?
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Students called him derogatory names and knocked books out of his hand.
  — Time, 6 June 2023
• Over the years, this has resulted in a range of derogatory stereotypes and slurs.
  — Soon Yu, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• That man, who is 25 years old, said people in the group yelled derogatory remarks.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022
• Some in the group made derogatory comments to others in the group, the sheriff’s office said in a release.
  — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2019
• His posts were laden with racist slurs and derogatory remarks.
  — Dan Frosch, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• And out of uniform, he was called a derogatory term by a white person while trying to park his car.
  — Tom Hallman Jr., OregonLive.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Some use that and derogatory words for women, Lake and Morgan said.
  — Chris Sikich, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2020
• The next day, on Oct. 3, Trump published to his social media site a derogatory post about a clerk who works for Arthur Engoron, the judge in the case.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
• The episode then cut to a flashback scene, showing Mary making the derogatory comments.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 2 Jan. 2022
• And that’s what got talked about and prostituted by the media, in the most derogatory manner.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The main film under review, Moffie, takes its title from a derogatory term for a gay man used in South Africa.
  — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2021
• The issue is that this nice lady made a derogatory racial comment.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
• But now Musk’s snarky and derogatory tweets aimed at Twitter have been dragged into court.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 July 2022
• There was nothing derogatory found and that's why it's moved forward.
  — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
• The derogatory comments toward the people in the hospital felt like a dagger to my heart.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2020
• Jones said, referring to a derogatory term used against Black men.
  — Chao Xiong, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
• The creek itself previously bore the same derogatory name but was changed in 2018.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• Some creators are also pointing out that the name ignores the trend’s roots and casts its wearers in a derogatory way.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 12 June 2022
• One supporter of O’Rourke said Whitt called her a derogatory term.
  — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
• More: Is 'tonc' an acronym or a derogatory term for migrants?
  — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
• Chaney figures the declaration that the term is derogatory will carry a lot of weight.
  — Liz Ruskin, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2021
• Suman sent death threats Nov. 8 to the reporter via Facebook and email and used a racial slur and derogatory language, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
• Musk called Ben Stiller a derogatory name on his X account as a response to comments the actor made about the difficulties of making comedy movies that push boundaries today.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025