deigning
- present participle of deign.
Example Sentences
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Deigning no reply, she pounced upon her victim as the procession of scholars came out of church, 'Come, I am waiting to hear you say it.
From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Deigning no glance to Soar nor to Hilton, he paced into the room, passing me and ignoring Carneta, where Earl Dexter awaited him.
From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Rohmer, Sax
Deigning no reply, he set his teeth, compressed his lips, picked up the boot, and polished away as before, trying to look and feel regardless of all the world.
From Barriers Burned Away by Roe, Edward Payson
Deigning no notice to a query which he did not understand, the young fellow set off to northward, followed closely by the two women.
From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele
Deigning no reply, Bickley walked away to fetch some fine fish which had been washed up by the tidal wave and were still flapping about in a little pool of salt water.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Haggard, Henry Rider
