Sentence examples for belittle with from inspiring English sources

It is not that Brian is notably reproachful, merely that the earnestness of his tone hints  at the existence of a vast, mythological world fashioned around his infancy, prowled by relatives whose only concern seems to have been to mock and belittle, with himself, alone and fretful, at its core.

Tales abound of journalists being belittled with no good reason.

Any attempt we made to stick up for each other was aggressively shot down with "get in your lane before I par [ridicule] you too", or belittled with remarks like "cute, they got offended".

In a survey by the Korea Institute for Vocational Education and Training late last year, entertainers, along with teachers and doctors, were the most popular choices for future jobs among primary, middle and high school students — a far cry from a more traditional era, when entertainment was considered an inferior profession and its practitioners belittled with the derogatory nickname "tantara".

I hate-fuck a poem down to the size of a gnome Belittled with pervy riddles the muffaloes roam… After a Bloody Fuck my Dick's Mucked with foam.

The characters wear black outfits covered with zippers and belittle customers with withering comments like "I have Moroccan dental floss that's more expensive than your entire wardrobe" and "DKNY are you wasting our time?

"I've had it happen, where I will comment on something [via social media] and someone will belittle you with their response.

Once the operation is complete, Heiter attempts to train his centipede as a pet, often belittling Katsuro with racist insults and beating him with a crop when he becomes rebellious.

He belittled Muslims with a series of mock apologies like "We should apologize for preventing them from beating their daughters to death for flirting".

B1 Bush Gives a Hand to Lazio George W. Bush offered his support for Representative Rick A. Lazio's Senate bid, belittling Hillary Rodham Clinton with a familiar critique before an audience of Conservative Party donors in Manhattan.

They said that at a meeting of executives, Mrs. Wachner turned to Mr. Cannon and belittled him with a crude comment about the behavior of his wife, from whom he had just separated.