- present tense form of condescend (3rd person singular).
condescends
Example Sentences
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In the American psyche, it’s the Miss Millie story line from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” about someone so blinded by a conception of her own virtue that it doesn’t register when she condescends.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
"Three 'verys'. Wow," he condescends, then signals her to lay her pitch on him.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Hopkins, a graduate of Winchester school and Cambridge University, condescends to his neighbors in Beadle.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
Makumbi neither preaches nor condescends, but with beautiful and subtle prose successfully captures the reader’s imagination.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
But, at a pinch, the gitano now condescends to engage on the lighter work of the land—hoeing, weeding, &c.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
