Sentence examples for deign to from inspiring English sources

'deign to' is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you want to say that someone has condescended to do something, usually something they consider to be below them. For example, "The wealthy investor deigned to explain his investment strategy to the small group of business students."

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But Jack did not deign to answer.

Dear father, deign to help me!

The government did not deign to reply.

Would she ever deign to come visit?

"MDNA" doesn't deign to grapple much with the competition.

At this point they deign to talk to her.

She wouldn't sue, though; she wouldn't deign to.

Putin did not deign to show up at all.

One staff member said they would not deign to reply.

(Nowadays, "they deign to smirk from time to time").

Will long-tailed tits deign to pass through?

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