patronizing

Example Sentences

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And depicting the Vietnamese people as victims, that is sympathetic, but it’s also kind of condescending and patronizing at the same time.

From Washington Post

In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson famously fought a “bank war” to shutter the federal Second Bank of the United States in favor of patronizing numerous state banks.

From Washington Post

In her successful first campaign for Mississauga mayor, her opponent, the incumbent, regularly repeated patronizing references to her gender, which helped rally support for her.

From Seattle Times

He describes as “indulgent” an excerpt from a letter by Nemiroff urging Hansberry to stick to her writing, advice that might well strike other readers, especially female readers, as patronizing and controlling.

From Washington Post

“This patronizing attitude subconsciously also reminds Ukrainians of the horrors of the Nazi occupation, when Ukrainians were treated as subhuman,” said Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany.

From New York Times