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

“Because no matter how low on the totem pole you may be or wherever you came from, there’s no need to condescend or to put other people down.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022

“Undoubtedly,” replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, “there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

It never condescends to Sisters Barnes and Paxton and they always have sound rebuttals at the ready; they are also observant, smart and canny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

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

There is a manly passion in his playing that never condescends to coquette with the submissive strings; it wailed enough that night for anything, and yet never degenerated into imitation.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard

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

Lin felt condescended to, that they treated her like a child.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

As the government prosecutor, Norwegian actor Christian Rubeck gives a smug and condescending tone to nearly every word out of his mouth, becoming the closest thing the movie has to a villain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

She described what Sir Chris said as "a little bit condescending".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Danish executives “have this condescending view of American healthcare,” a former Novo staffer said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Odessa High fans got tired of the condescending smirks of the Permian fans.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger