condescend
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"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
The monsters, wildly imaginative, don’t condescend to a 10-year-old’s sensibilities — or a 24-year-old’s.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
“He has no right to condescend to us is all I’m saying,” Alaska said, continuing her conversation with the Colonel.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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
Makumbi neither preaches nor condescends, but with beautiful and subtle prose successfully captures the reader’s imagination.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
“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
Happy will that princess be whom our king condescends to marry!”
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
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
And that doesn’t include the tweets from professional, blue-check-marked figures who have condescended to me and belittled my work or expertise.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
Wart knew that if he told the elder boy about Us conversation with Merlyn, Kay would refuse to be condescended to, and would not come.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
That included unpleasant exchanges in public transport, conflicts with neighbours, or condescending remarks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
She described what Sir Chris said as "a little bit condescending".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“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
The Danish executives “have this condescending view of American healthcare,” a former Novo staffer said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Excuse me, but if this seems condescending, I assure you it’s not...but are you really locked to that flagpole?”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Vocabulary lists containing condescend
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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