How to Use self-deprecating in a Sentence

self-deprecating

adjective
  • Cashier have a bit of a self-deprecating streak.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
  • While self-deprecating, there must be an ego there.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • What is drawing you to such self-deprecating themes this time around?
    — Jack Irvin, People.com, 30 May 2025
  • The content is heavy but told with a light hand and a bit of self-deprecating humor.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Both bits seem cute and just self-deprecating enough to finally put this to bed.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026
  • Choi is more than a little self-deprecating.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
  • Yet behind the earnest lyrics there is also a wry, self-deprecating streak of irony.
    — Katie Marie Davies, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
  • Still intact, though, were her sharp wit and self-deprecating sense of humor.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Burns recalls with a self-deprecating smile.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a lot of self-deprecating humor.
    — Mona Gable, Outside, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The star then ended with a self-deprecating nod to her acting career.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Gomez's fans believe both the humor and the candor of the note align with her self-deprecating style.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Many of those songs are self-deprecating, like a confession at a cantina.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • He's also known for his self-deprecating jokes, often about his own career.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Murray was self-deprecating when his jokes didn’t land with the audience.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Later in life, Cropper could be self-deprecating about his chops.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
  • His stand-up was full of stories about his love life that somehow managed to be self-deprecating and glamorous.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In person, Smith was funny, self-deprecating and down-to-earth.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Momoa was quick with the self-deprecating humor, too, in the face of his pal's impressive physique.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Beckham already knows a thing or two about self-deprecating slogans on T-shirts.
    — Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Sullivan adds that the duo's self-deprecating humor is key.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
  • For his part, Olyphant has an epically dry (and self-deprecating) sense of humor to match his wife’s.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 Mar. 2023
  • All this was built on a self-deprecating stand-up persona that made hay of middle-aged masculinity.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 30 June 2026
  • Alex Borstein says Dustin Hoffman wasn't cool with her self-deprecating jokes.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • Throughout the book are some self-deprecating footnotes that don’t really work.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Nov. 2023
  • However, Barbara went through with the speech and won the crowd over with her self-deprecating humor.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • Her self-deprecating humor quickly became part of the video's appeal.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • That Sean Evans had a self-deprecating and serrated sense of humor.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Told in a sharp, self-deprecating, first-person point of view, this small town, Southern mystery packs a big wallop.
    — Connie Ogle, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
  • Someone might say it about others in good-natured talk or themselves as a self-deprecating compliment.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 July 2024

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