How to Use belittle in a Sentence

belittle

verb

• The critic belittled the author's work.
• Her detractors are in the habit of belittling her accomplishments.
• The first step is to avoid belittling them, Swami says.
  — Time, 15 Aug. 2019
• Besides, he or she would not have known which 49ers’ home city to mock and belittle.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• Don’t belittle or beat up on people who don’t want to wear a mask.
  — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
• Daisy’s mother belittled her as a child, telling her that no one wants to hear her voice.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• But after nine years of his anger and belittling, Jean left.
  — Jeffrey Ann Goudie, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• For the bookish Bäumer the finest thing that arose out of the war—and could never be belittled—was comradeship.
  — Tobias Grey, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• At work and elsewhere, there are people who bring out the worst in us, belittle us, or just bring us down.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021
• Just a few idioms belittle height, such as having your head in the clouds or looking down your nose.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• Don’t belittle someone who is at least trying to make the world better.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Bella, who some may think drinks too much, blames and belittles herself.
  — Ashley Lee, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2020
• Nor is Iris the only victim: Her two sisters are belittled as well.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• This critique has often been used to belittle pop groups.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• When this conversation gets back to your daughter and wife, you will be belittled and blamed.
  — Ask Amy, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
• At work, his boss, Mr. Carsvile, also demeaned and belittled him.
  — Mike Oliver | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2019
• Fast-food workers belittled This is far from the first time that fast-food workers have been belittled.
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 June 2023
• That’s not meant to belittle the women featured on the show, but this is supposed to be entertainment.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• So much, went the argument, for those who would belittle the oldest cup competition in the world.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
• He's belittled by Shiv, Roman, and Connor, when Logan comes in to throw the final proverbial punch.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2019
• Who better than Larry to belittle the sum total of human achievement and be wrong.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2022
• Due to the feverish name-calling and belittling writing, the letter was difficult to read.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Power begins in a world in which women are subjugated, in which they are raped and ignored and belittled and live their lives in fear.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 29 Aug. 2018
• His wife berates and belittles him in front of anyone and everyone.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
• McConnell’s objective in the current battle is to bring about a speedy acquittal of the president, belittling the House’s case in the process.
  — Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• One staff member showed up to work drunk, while others belittled children.
  — Allie Morris, San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2018
• Iconic golfers such as Phil Mickelson who were once beloved are now belittled.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Her daughter, now a seventh grader, said no teacher has tried to lead any of her classes in prayer, and no peer has belittled her beliefs.
  — Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
• That revealing to them all that was left out of history books since the first text was bound and sent into a classroom will somehow belittle them.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2021
• No industry should belittle a person’s value based on the number of inches on his or her waist.
  — Urmila Ramakrishnan, SFChronicle.com, 24 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024