Example Sentences

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I also think it’s fair to defend your brother if his wife is belittling him in front of you.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2019

These are not politicians he is belittling, as most of his targets have been before.

From US News • Aug. 5, 2016

That calling Los Angeles “L.A.” is belittling, which is extremely funny to me.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015

The description magical realism has been used about him, but I think that is belittling him – this isn't something he's picked up from Gabriel García Márquez, but something which is very much his own.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2012

If they do try, the process is belittling to each, and the result, if it is successful, is nothing less than a tragedy; for it could not mean the highest ideals, nor the truest devotion....

From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)