condescension

Example Sentences

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“As Mac he avoids both melodrama and condescension, finding climaxes in each small step toward rehabilitation, each new responsibility shouldered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The sit-down turned acrimonious, with the Chinese accusing the Americans of "condescension and hypocrisy".

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

He also offered more of the condescension toward his colleagues that defined the video — at one point referring to them as his “amateur gunsmithing colleagues” and blasting their decision as inept.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

It is, in its own way, an insidious form of condescension.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

They spoke to him with the authority of people who had done this before, and also with a slight condescension; his fate was, after all, in their hands.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie