Sentence examples for being belittled from inspiring English sources

Lear's banishing of his favourite daughter, Cordelia, because of her laconic refusal to proclaim a love for him as the essence of her being, brings upon this aging king the terrible punishment of being belittled and rejected by his ungrateful daughters, Goneril and Regan.

Tales abound of journalists being belittled with no good reason.

He says the public are being "belittled and bewildered".

So far, wherever possible, the American role is being belittled.

I was afraid of being belittled even further".

"I wasn't being belittled or picked on," Marsicano said.

But the improvement should not be belittled.

Even there, she continued to be belittled.

"We have been belittled, bullied and betrayed by this administration".

AMY DAVIDSON: It hasn't been belittled in all quarters.

"I was belittled, talked down to, and disbelieved".