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Meanings of deprecating gesture in English

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Usage of deprecating gesture in English
1
Lenore, in the midst of her sobs, here made a deprecating gesture.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
2
Mr. Muir said this with a humbled, deprecating gesture of the hand.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
3
Peters stirred uncomfortably and made a little deprecating gesture with his hand.
The Shadow of the East
4
He made a deprecating gesture and stared- alookof most curious inquiry.
The Right of Way — Volume 01
5
He leant forward with a deprecating gesture of his thin white hand.
In Kedar's Tents
6
I made a deprecating gesture, which he negatived with a good-humoured shrug.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2
7
He made a deprecating gesture and grinned in his charming way.
The Mountebank
8
The widow sighed, and shrugged her shoulders with a deprecating gesture.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
9
She made a deprecating gesture that also begged his forgiveness for her presumption.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
10
He made a deprecating gesture, and again his eyes were twinkling.
Tarrano the Conqueror
11
I understand perfectly, he continued, in reply to Hathaway's deprecating gesture.
A Ward of the Golden Gate
12
I still want to do something for Opportunity.' He gave a small, deprecating gesture.
Book of lost threads
13
The colonel smiled upon Clara, and made a deprecating gesture with his left hand.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
14
The hunchback lifted his wasted hand with a deprecating gesture.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 / Italy, Sicily, and...
15
With no other reply than a deprecating gesture, Maitland continued:
The Darrow Enigma
16
He smiled back with a deprecating gesture to signify that he could be trusted.
The Choir Invisible
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