deign

Example Sentences

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The love of ambiguity can feel somewhat coy—Ms. Tokarczuk gestures toward the existence of occult mysteries without deigning to fully portray them.

From The Wall Street Journal

She is completely in a pantheon that I could only deign to touch.

From Salon

For more proof of our necessity, look at the disasters that befall any community that deigns to cut out its queer eye.

From Salon

Violence can be exploding in his face – actually, not figuratively – and he’ll still run only as fast as he has to, perhaps without deigning to remove his hands from his pockets.

From Salon

Even if that happens, it remains to be seen whether Trump will deign to adhere to judicially imposed limits.

From Salon