CONDESCEND in a Sentence
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40 example sentences for CONDESCEND, such as:
1. You condescend to say it to compliment me.
2. Would not condescend to talk with him at all.
3. Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.
4. But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.
5. He explains things without condescending to his audience.
2. Would not condescend to talk with him at all.
3. Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.
4. But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.
5. He explains things without condescending to his audience.
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Meanings and Examples of CONDESCEND
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condescend
v. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
v. treat condescendingly
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 Estella, for her part, likewise treated me as before, except that she did not condescend to speak.
2 Sometimes, she would coldly tolerate me; sometimes, she would condescend to me; sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me; sometimes, she would tell me energetically that she hated me.
3 But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.
4 He had condescended to mortgage as far as he had the power, but he would never condescend to sell.
5 Undoubtedly," replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, "there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation.
6 Would not condescend to talk with him at all.
7 You condescend to say it to compliment me.
8 A Russian prince condescended to sit in a corner for an hour and talk with a massive lady, dressed like Hamlet's mother in black velvet with a pearl bridle under her chin.
9 The clerk, being a married man, condescended to take an interest in the couple, who appeared to be shopping for their family.
10 He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse anything, which he condescended to ask.
11 Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.
12 The Rajah condescended to seat himself on a rug under the tree.
13 He looked blankly indulgent, and yawned, and condescended, "That's a pretty slick arrangement on the radiator, so you can adjust it at any temperature you want."
14 Then he condescended, "Better jump out here and I'll take the boat around back."
15 Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity.
Example Sentence:
1 These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person -- that being better suited to the still smaller fry -- but sat together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aides-de-camp.
2 You continue to condescend without addressing the main points.
3 She is so proud that she will not condescend to speak to us.
4 She actually condescended to say hello to me in the street today.
5 When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
6 He explains things without condescending to his audience.