Sentence examples for in patronising from inspiring English sources

David: "Professor, did you major in patronising the people of British Columbia?" Professor: "Well, there's no need for insulting comments".

He could have had Hogarth as royal painter – there's an early oil sketch of the family – but was more interested in patronising the ubiquitous designer William Kent; although the Georges still ended up with Hogarth's terrifically lively portrait of David Garrick beaming at his desk while his wife tries to whisk the pen from his hand.

Government-funded grants are called DaDAs, the ultimate in patronising paternalism.

I'm also talking about the record-buying public, often dismissed in patronising tones.

True, he could dabble in patronising references to individual workers or the working class he came to honour or love.

The wealthy, especially from emerging nations, took great pleasure in patronising (if not owning) the fixtures of traditional privilege.

So rather than imposing corporate ideas of "do-gooding" on communities in a patronising manner, firms can simply respond to demand.

There is a cadre of people in Whitehall who were frankly patronising in their attitude to local government Then what?

There is a cadre of people in Whitehall who were frankly patronising in their attitude to local government, and treated it almost as a parent-child relationship.

Did Leigh interpret anything patronising in his interest in her? "No!

It is patronising in tone and in my opinion an attempt to dismiss and ridicule the programme.