condescension

Example Sentences

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This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fastvold doesn’t judge Lee’s convictions; there isn’t an ounce of cynicism or condescension.

From Los Angeles Times

Endowed with a formidable hauteur, her Jocasta acts graciously, but with an unmistakable note of condescension.

From Los Angeles Times

Woolf was a snob, but she was hardly unique in her condescension.

From The Wall Street Journal

While explaining that the paper used to occupy the whole building, employing over 1000 people, our frenemy Ken remarks, “That’s absolutely insane, if I do say so myself,” saucing each word with condescension.

From Salon