condescend
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"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
Shales did not condescend to his thumbs-up-or-down responsibilities.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
“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
I told him that I might condescend to remove my hands if we were fed.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
Now you know why the vicar condescends to visit us.
From A Drake by George! by John Trevena
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
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
Senior US official Dan Negrea said the US delegation would continue to make similar stands until France "renounces their condescending and disrespectful rhetoric".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He’s condescending to almost everyone except his church friends.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
And even though she was shorter by an inch, she seemed to be condescending upward.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing condescend
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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