patronizing
Example Sentences
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You can empathize with your friend without demonizing your own position or patronizing her by saying everything will be OK.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
But those successes are also what make the Netflix-ification of this film feel so completely unnecessary and patronizing.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
Xavier is much older than she is and seems, frankly, somewhat stupid and patronizing, but the narrator is nevertheless tormented by her feelings for him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
There was nothing patronizing about how Casa Bonita depicted Mexicans — no garish gifts, no mock Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
I went down in the basement and opened up a can of dog food for Dandy and Poteet, petting and patronizing them to make up for the attention I had given the cat enemy upstairs.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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