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"People who make unnecessary remarks, belittle those in pain or seek to cause them further suffering at this sensitive time are criminals," Shah wrote in a Facebook post.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Both were quick to belittle the promises by their rival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Chinese diplomats told me the staging wasn’t meant to belittle Putin; viewed from the front, they said, the two figures take roughly equal share of the picture’s frame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"When you go overseas, respect the local customs and culture. You can choose not to eat it. There is no need to belittle our food," said one comment on Weibo.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

I didn’t want to listen to them belittle my hard work and talent yet again.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

“I don’t want to call it a feminist revenge fantasy because that belittles it,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

And that can make for a harsh internal voice that belittles and chastises us.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

“There will be no compromise with any party that challenges, belittles or violates Malaysian laws,” he said in a statement on Facebook.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

"We are part of it and we will not spare any effort to defend it from anyone who abuses or belittles it."

From Reuters ● Feb. 19, 2023

“Not monster movies. My sister, as usual, belittles my chosen medium. Want to know the tide?”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

It is fascinating to me that Thomas, who genuinely feels belittled by every single thing that has ever happened to him, has somehow gotten smaller on the job.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

The person in front signals, “I’m in charge, you follow me,” while the one behind feels belittled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a leftist his administration long belittled, will visit the White House next month as he voiced optimism for ties.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

Anyone presenting information not approved by the ruler is denounced and belittled, ostracized and denied access.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

The Party shall continue unabated, in full festival Mode, for some few weeks thereafter, or until the belittled Pestilence has run its course through the Assembled.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

In 1971, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, run exclusively by women, for women, and born from conversations with other women writers who’d grown exhausted with the belittling conventions and blind spots of male-dominated media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

The relationship ended after about four weeks at the start of September 2008, which the woman put down to Rossi's "belittling" of her and suggesting she needed "mental help".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

And the teenage provocateur made no secret of that revulsion, loudly belittling his fellow students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

I think it might embarrass Stuart to hear mice mentioned in such a belittling manner.”

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White