condescending

Example Sentences

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“Sir, what I’m getting upset about a little bit here is your tone, that you’re saying it in a condescending way,” Mullin responded.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Though his acidic sense of humour -- criticised as condescending by some -- is evident throughout, Parr's 180 photographs also amount to a portrait of human folly and environmental destruction.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

While this may sound condescending today, at the time it was a broad-minded position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

But in a letter of resignation, she said another reason for leaving was the "condescending and controlling language used towards survivors".

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

He was short and slight, black-haired and black-eyed, pompous, condescending, and almost as ignorant medically as I was.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler