Sentence examples for somewhat dismissive from inspiring English sources

Bishop Michael Durham was somewhat dismissive of the pants idea.

Mr. Nelson said on Wednesday, "I've been somewhat dismissive of car sharing in the past".

Many of the students I interviewed were somewhat dismissive of the quality of their education.

Although he was much praised by the pop artists of the post-War period he was somewhat dismissive of them.

"I did not feel like he seemed to internalize at all the concerns that we had, and was somewhat dismissive".

Early on, blinded by what he now calls an elitist mentality, the partners had been somewhat dismissive of the newcomers.

This popular revolt is often described, in a somewhat denigratory and dismissive fashion, as populism.

But the claims of unity were somewhat undermined by a dismissive attack on other senior Republicans who have chosen to avoid the convention at all costs.

Kipling is evidently responding to a reader, and although we don't know what question was asked, we can infer that Kipling found it somewhat asinine from the dismissive tone of his reply.

"While we certainly appreciate the work Aung San Suu Kyi has done to ensure a democratic transition in Burma," Mr. Corker said in a news release, "I am somewhat appalled by her dismissive reaction to concerns I raised this morning about the problem of human trafficking in her country".

Early on she is intermittently referred to as "Carol" by her coworkers (a premise which becomes one of the shows' longest running jokes) as they are initially dismissive of her somewhat morbid behavior and neglectful of her presence.