Example Sentences

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He has belittled prevention and been in denial.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2020

Ambassador Gui Congyou has belittled journalists in Sweden, comparing them to a lightweight boxer seeking to go toe-to-toe with a heavyweight China.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2020

She has told us that we cannot afford a wedding, has belittled our relationship and has been unsupportive.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2017

I would go as far as to say he has belittled much of the progress that Lancaster and the team have achieved.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2015

He has lost her highest help; he has crippled the intelligence he needed; he has belittled the very source of his own being and dwarfed the image of his Maker.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted