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How to use the word decry in a Sentence?

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It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour.

– Asoka

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13 years ago

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.

– Benjamin Disraeli, campaign speech at High Wycombe, England, November 27, 1832

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13 years ago

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many of the prejudices of the few.

– Benjamin Disraeli

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14 years ago

It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.

– Paul Gruchow

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14 years ago

Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, whatever the piety of their vocal professions and the patriotic flavor of their platitudes.

– Henry M. Wriston

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14 years ago

It is forbidden to decry other sects the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour.

– Asoka

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14 years ago

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