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
She never condescends, and her fluid prose is suggestive of larger and darker human themes.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021
“It’s a lovely performance, one that never condescends to play on pathos but grows in strength with each new outrage.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2019
The lock turns heavily, and Tug condescends to hold the lantern while Silas applies both hands to the key.
From The Mystery of the Locks by Howe, Edgar Watson
