deign

Example Sentences

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She is completely in a pantheon that I could only deign to touch.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

No, they’re hardworking people, others maintained, who’ve come for jobs no American would deign to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Brown and black bears focus on the oily brains and nutritious roe of salmon when the fish are abundant and deign to chow down on whole fish only in years when salmon aren’t plentiful.

From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2023

And when she does deign to talk policy, she phones it in.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2023

“Maybe if we’re lucky, the general will deign to let us take showers. And, maybe if we’re really lucky, he’ll actually take one himself.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken