condescends
Example Sentences
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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
The train condescends to pause an instant at the point nearest the town, and then puffs arrogantly on again, while the passengers who have been hustled off hoof it the rest of the way.
From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
