How to Use condescend in a Sentence

condescend

verb

• I will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated in order to win the race.
• The adults condescend to her; jokes soar over her head.
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Lewis could be condescending to the media and, by extension, to the fans.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 21 Dec. 2019
• Mr. Ratmansky doesn’t condescend to them or to the six couples of the corps de ballet.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 5 May 2017
• At the same time, stay-at-home moms are envied at least as often as they are condescended to.
  — Lyman Stone, Vox, 11 May 2018
• The straight guys being made over were condescended to in a way that did little good for either side.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 30 May 2018
• These screamers can no longer be condescended to, as a quirky sideshow to pop music.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• Laugh-track shows were coming to seem not just condescending but also stiff and fusty.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
• The character hates people who condescend to her, and the camera never looks down on her.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2020
• During the day, they are mostly avoided or condescended to in the streets and in the stores by their fellow Suburbiconites.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2017
• What could read as condescending about the Arthurs—which didn’t, to me—comes from a genuine fondness for this kind of community.
  — Hazlitt, 3 June 2022
• Eastwood would not make a film that condescended to a suburban woman proud of her hero son.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2019
• In that process, the question of victimhood is bound to arise and, sure, there are ways to go about that that are patronizing or condescending.
  — J.p Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Not trying to patronize or condescend to people, but to say, 'Hey, this is my viewpoint.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 17 June 2021
• But the fact that that attention and respect have to come in the form of a gift from men to women is, in itself, patronizing and condescending.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The monsters don’t condescend to a 10-year-old’s sensibilities — or a 24-year-old’s.
  — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
• Once condescending and mocking of God and His people, the Lord had led me to a place of belief, forgiveness and salvation.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2024
• Byron’s fellow-nobles, by and large, did not condescend to grieve him publicly.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• As on MasterChef Junior, none of the judges, even in their critiques, condescend to their participants.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 June 2019
• Yet the paintings never gave the viewer permission to condescend to the subject matter.
  — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
• Of all the comedic takes on Spicer’s condescending attitude, Noah’s was arguably the strongest, and the impeccable video edit makes the joke sing even more.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 21 July 2017
• But despite its origins as a tale for young people, McBride never condescends.
  — Tayari Jones, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
• Ronan, a good five years older than high-school age, never condescends to the character by playing up the cluelessness of her youth.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 2 Sep. 2017
• They've been accused of joining wrestling to be around boys, gotten condescending looks and have been insulted.
  — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2019
• Yet the scorning of Black head coaches by the major football programs inevitably left a condescending stain.
  — Samuel G. Freedman, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• But there was something condescending about the hotels.
  — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
• Greta Lee’s Stella is tired of being condescended to by Cory.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
• New-school thinking is that such chivalry can be condescending.
  — Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2018
• These include the daily grind of bias and harassment in the workplace, as well as the multitude of microaggressions—subtle negative, condescending, or stereotyped comments and actions that may or may not be intentional.
  — Matthew Connelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
• Presenting impoverished city dwellers with a fresh bouquet might seem condescending.
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024