- present participle of patronize.
patronizing
Example Sentences
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You can empathize with your friend without demonizing your own position or patronizing her by saying everything will be OK.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
A spokeswoman for Ruemmler said that in her message to Epstein, she was “obviously patronizing him.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Epstein had made donations to Krauss’ Origins Project, part of his larger patronizing of the sciences.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
There was nothing patronizing about how Casa Bonita depicted Mexicans — no garish gifts, no mock Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, “It’s more than that, Mum. Good again! Follow her up, Joseph!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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