condescension

Example Sentences

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I was nauseated by his language, by his lies, by his aggression, by his condescension toward Ukraine.

From Washington Post

Meanwhile, he has decided to move from Tehran to a remote village near the Turkish border, where his celebrity and political notoriety make him a figure of both fascination and quietly skewering condescension.

From Washington Post

It is a fine line between instruction and condescension, sufficient detail and superfluous minutiae.

From New York Times

There’s sometimes condescension in it; in one essay, she adopts an alien persona to show “earthlings” how to avoid totalitarianism — not cute.

From Washington Post

Without condescension or sentimentality, Haigh describes people who aspire to live in a double-wide trailer, who must decide between paying the water bill and the cable bill, who feel the humiliation of using food stamps.

From Washington Post