condescension
Example Sentences
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Only once does the film display toward the materialists even a whiff of condescension.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Endowed with a formidable hauteur, her Jocasta acts graciously, but with an unmistakable note of condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
The Cuban president then criticised Feitó-Cabrera at the parliamentary session - albeit without mentioning her by name - saying the leadership could not "act with condescension" or be "disconnected from the realities" of the people.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Then we can talk about specific groups’ concerns — but here we’ve got to avoid any hint of the condescension that so often seeps into our message.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025
“May I suggest a simple, harmless fairy tale, then?” the lead actor said, with only a touch of condescension.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing condescension
A Christmas Carol
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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