Sentence examples for little patronizing from inspiring English sources

Like, a little patronizing pat on the head.

Words like abundance and variety come to mind, only to be swatted away as inadequate, plus a little patronizing.

Wouldn't it seem a little patronizing, a little insulting to their intelligence, to ask them to tell you what they understood the priorities to be?

When he comes onstage here, deferential and ingratiating to his new wife, affectionate but just a little patronizing with his loving aunt, you think you see it all.

Hard and fast highbrows have always been a little patronizing about so-called "middlebrow" institutions like the Book-of-the-Month Club or the Literary Guild.

Thickly larded with pictures of his towheaded clan and rambling house, this book presents a vision of chef as the all-American Big Daddy: nurturing, teaching and more than a little patronizing.

Live a little and patronize local restaurants instead of chains.

When the movie ended, I talked to myself a little about some patronizing reviews I'd read, but people were looking at me funny.

Moreover, evidence from other parts of the US indicates little displacement of patronizing to other jurisdictions or sectors of prostitution following an arrest for patronizing a street prostitute.

Consequently, there has been little interest in creating or patronizing archival institutions.

She'd been embarrassed at a recent party when she wondered whether other guests were being patronizing about her Little Loca pursuits.