condescend

"When I started coaching women for the first time, I did not condescend to them," said Dorrance.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Don’t question the character of his backers or condescend; appeal to their interests and positive dreams.

From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024

They do not marginalize or condescend to him; Pira loves them unstintingly.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022

“My my, Mr. Epstein, aren’t you on a high horse. How easy it is to condescend to and patronize a woman, especially one you imagine needs taking down a peg,” she tweeted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2020

She was not mere sweetness, and he could not afford to condescend to her, for she was a force, she could drive him out of his depth and push him under.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

It never condescends to Sisters Barnes and Paxton and they always have sound rebuttals at the ready; they are also observant, smart and canny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

In the American psyche, it’s the Miss Millie story line from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” about someone so blinded by a conception of her own virtue that it doesn’t register when she condescends.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

"Three 'verys'. Wow," he condescends, then signals her to lay her pitch on him.

From Salon ● May 8, 2023

“It’s a lovely performance, one that never condescends to play on pathos but grows in strength with each new outrage.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2019

When the novelist condescends to depict the Fellow of a college, it is usually as a person more or less feeble, futile, and generally manqué.

From Aspects of Modern Oxford by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley

He was popular, but for a long time the critics condescended to him, calling him a lightweight Sunday painter and deriding him for his “matchstick” figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Still, she never condescended to or attacked Trump’s supporters.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024

“The consistency of the experience of going to doctor after doctor, seeking help, and being disbelieved and condescended to is really surprising to me,” Garvin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2023

While Morris makes space not only for abstract painting but for other variously condescended aesthetic forms, Bradley, not having had the luxury of such freedom, makes space only for himself.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

A Russian prince condescended to sit in a corner for an hour and talk with a massive lady, dressed like Hamlet’s mother in black velvet with a pearl bridle under her chin.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

“I’m of a certain age,” she scolds the villain, who makes the mistake of condescending to her longevity, “not old!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Responding to a question about that at an economics conference, Bessent stated — with “a condescending smirk,” I reported at the time — “I get a feeling the American people won’t see it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Danish executives “have this condescending view of American healthcare,” a former Novo staffer said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

The video itself has been roundly seen as damaging to Miller, who comes across as bullying and condescending, and whose rage at the situation seems to be boiling just below the surface.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

But if we look beyond the condescending references, a remarkable picture of strong and very active women emerges.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy