condescend

Example Sentences

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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

Yet the paintings never gave the viewer permission to condescend to the subject matter.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021

Because no matter how low on the totem pole you may be or wherever you came from, there’s no need to condescend or to put other people down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021

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