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
• Fanning has a ball as the snooty and condescending Abby, who cloaks all her insults with a sing-song lilt and a sunny smile.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
• 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
• His habit of rolling his eyes in mock disbelief struck some as condescending.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024
• Channeling the spirit of that video clerk is his rule: Don’t be condescending.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• 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
• Avoid asking about their next steps or career ambitions, as this can come across as condescending.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024