How to Use dismissive in a Sentence

dismissive

adjective

• The players are cynical and dismissive; the press corps smells a dupe and a fool.
  — John Avlon, CNN, 22 July 2021
• Another one of the most famous athletes here was dismissive of Biles’ plight.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 July 2021
• In other settings, Mr. Klain can rub some as dismissive and distracted.
  — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 18 July 2021
• Katie Hafner: Had that whistleblower been a man, the reaction might just have been less dismissive.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
• The image of the snobby curmudgeon, grumpily tapping out dismissive notices in a bathrobe and carpet slippers, has long been out of date.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2021
• A few months before that, Pelosi had offered a similarly dismissive message about the liberal left in Congress.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• Those answers included the true nature of her sometimes affectionate and glamorous, sometimes dismissive and cruel life with her father.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 8 Aug. 2021
• On the streets in Frederick, the conspiracy theory tends to be met with dismissive laughter and outright rejection.
  — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 21 July 2021
• In response, Akopyan and Marinova were dismissive, even defiant.
  — Molly Hensley-Clancy, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• The 39-year-old Elliott is reluctant to answer too many, aside from suggesting spending more time with her family and maybe not being so rudely dismissive of them.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024
• Christie, for one, was dismissive of the idea that a split field would again help Trump.
  — Shane Goldmacher, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• If the counselor is dismissive of your needs, find a new one.
  — cleveland, 2 July 2022
• To say The Osmonds were the white version of The Jackson 5 might be dismissive.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
• And in that moment, Wirtz’s brush-off didn’t come off as just dismissive to Beach, but to all of them too.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• People on the streets of Beijing were overall dismissive of the U.S. move.
  — Staff Writer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2021
• The suit is dismissive of attempts to justify this as a form of fair use.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
• At the time, many fans and some scientists were dismissive.
  — Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 7 Apr. 2023
• The other, for those who have been around U.S. Soccer for decades, is a knowing nod followed by a dismissive shake of the head.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• But most of the Trump White House, cabinet and agency world was silent, or dismissive.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Both in this debate and in the past, Andreessen has been dismissive of the concerns raised by some of AI’s biggest critics.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• To many, that answer felt dismissive, as if he couldn’t be bothered to notice.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
• Asher treats him as an old friend, even as Dougie seems mostly dismissive of him.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
• My oldest has in the past been very disrespectful and dismissive of both my husband and me.
  — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
• My oldest has in the past been very disrespectful and dismissive of both my husband and me.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024
• Hawley was dismissive of Schmitt’s choice, pointing out that the junior senator was from the other side of the state.
  — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• In the recent interview, Mr. Suarez was dismissive of the trial.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• There is some organic growth and improvement for Heiskanen, but to chalk it all up to that would be dismissive of the work he’s done.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
• This person is too dismissive of your feelings for my taste.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2022
• Take the movie’s dismissive president played by Meryl Streep.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2022
• Her parents are dismissive of her boyfriend, the athletic Achilles, who is all muscle and no brains.
  — A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024