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Meanings of deprecating hand in English

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Usage of deprecating hand in English
1
Cougham extended a deprecating hand: 'Yes, I have gone over all that.'
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
2
The words implied that the flapper had waved a deprecating hand.
Bunker Bean
3
Mortimer shook his head, laughing, and held up a deprecating hand.
Okewood of the Secret Service
4
The Professor waved the suggestion away with a deprecating hand.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
5
The judge waved this aside with a fat, deprecating hand.
The Wrong Twin
6
He put forth a deprecating hand, and soothed her.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 / A Magazi...
7
Mr. Meredith raised a deprecating hand, but Norman was past caring for anything like that.
Rilla of Ingleside
8
She laid a deprecating hand on her friend's.
The House of Mirth
9
At the mention of idiocy in connection with Morrison Vogelstein shuddered and raised a massive deprecating hand.
The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Com...
10
Fielding waved a deprecating hand and continued:
The Philanderers
11
The gentleman addressed waved a deprecating hand.
The Half-Hearted
12
Mr. Prohack raised a sternly deprecating hand.
Mr. Prohack
13
Senor Perkins raised a gentle, deprecating hand.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
14
The governor waved a deprecating hand.
No Defense, Volume 3.
15
The pedestrian raised a deprecating hand.
Up the Hill and Over
16
The symbol waved a deprecating hand.
The Lovely Lady
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