And from the ballet they passed to modern music in general, and from music to literature: till gradually into the conversation came, above the familiar note of easy denigration, a note of energy, of conviction, of aspiration, which so greatly astonished one, at least, of the three that, just before two o'clock-the hour at which the patron puts even his most faithful clients out of doors-he exclaimed, with an emphasis in him uncommon, "Plus de Jazz!"
"Since Cézanne"
Clive Bell
To which I shall only add, that whereas in these several Instances of denigration, the Metalls are worn off, or otherwise Reduc'd into very Minute Parts, that Circumstance may prove not Unworthy your Notice.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle
There are writers whom enthusiasm for the principles of Jean Jacques has driven into fanatical denigration of every one whom he called his enemy, that is to say, nearly every one whom he ever knew.
"Rousseau Volumes I. and II."
John Morley