deigning
- present participle of deign.
Example Sentences
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The love of ambiguity can feel somewhat coy—Ms. Tokarczuk gestures toward the existence of occult mysteries without deigning to fully portray them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
We need not, in the end, thank Hollywood, or American culture, for deigning to reflect some minuscule part of ourselves on TV, nor need we ask for more, or for better.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2020
He was lucky I was even deigning to speak to him, particularly with people watching.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2019
The “communications” office specializes in stonewalling, often not even deigning to issue a “no comment.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2019
He fussed over my condescension in deigning to learn anything about his country.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
