Sentence examples for be condescending from inspiring English sources
verb
To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
"We didn't want it to be condescending.
Present perspectives on the past can be condescending too.
He could be condescending to anyone unwilling to indulge him.
"But I didn't want to be condescending either.
Personally, I find "sweetie" and names like it to be condescending and oddly intimate.
Well, all children arc fascinated by servants' talk, and I don't mean to be condescending.
I do not want to lie to myself and be condescending to others.
A basic requirement for success, Mr. Heilbut argued, was not to be condescending.
"But 'Sesame Street' has a general tendency to be condescending, and it's getting worse at it.
That charge reflects some notion — which itself may be condescending — of how poor people are supposed to behave.
The idea that we have an automatic right to be condescending towards the American film industry seems very outdated.
