deign
verb (used without object)
to think it appropriate to or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend.
deigns
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present tense formof deign (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His Ray always seems to be hiding behind a motorcycle visor even when he’s not and when he deigns to speak, the words trail off in a huff of exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
More than that, he also secured a prized meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a head of government who rarely deigns to trouble himself with mere foreign ministers.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
If the press deigns to show them to us, we’ll see evermore flagrant displays of cognitive decline, and more often.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
But the plant, and its dinner-plate-size flower, couldn’t care less about the glamorous guests and their desire for spectacle; it follows no timetable and deigns to open only at the time of its choosing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Though Quin Veturius is seventy-seven years old, women blush when he looks them in the eye, and men wince when he deigns to shake their hands.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
