condescend

"When I started coaching women for the first time, I did not condescend to them," said Dorrance.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Don’t question the character of his backers or condescend; appeal to their interests and positive dreams.

From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024

Leaving the ironies to us, she refuses to condescend to the character.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

Like Hofstadter’s work, “Reality+” is frequently weird, wild and wonderful; it captivates the common reader by refusing to condescend.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022

I told him that I might condescend to remove my hands if we were fed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

“She catches the details of ordinary existence in a manner that’s reminiscent of the director Mike Leigh. She never condescends, and her fluid prose is suggestive of larger and darker human themes.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021

Acrobat No. 1 now condescends to come down from his high position, also with his head down, and a cool and consummate demeanor.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

He was popular, but for a long time the critics condescended to him, calling him a lightweight Sunday painter and deriding him for his “matchstick” figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Still, she never condescended to or attacked Trump’s supporters.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024

“The consistency of the experience of going to doctor after doctor, seeking help, and being disbelieved and condescended to is really surprising to me,” Garvin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2023

And that doesn’t include the tweets from professional, blue-check-marked figures who have condescended to me and belittled my work or expertise.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022

They did more; they came to a banquet in his palace; they condescended to dine with him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

That line allowed the Jackson campaign to respond that Collins’ team was condescending.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Clarkson alleged that an employee spoke to her in a condescending manner after revealing that a similar item would cost $15,000, comparing the encounter to the infamous shopping scene in “Pretty Woman.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

That included unpleasant exchanges in public transport, conflicts with neighbours, or condescending remarks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

It’s condescending and hacky and the humor always aims for the lowest common denominator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

He was just scared that we would act like condescending boarding-school snobs.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green