Example Sentences

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“They would have patronizingly patted us on the shoulder and given us rotten potatoes as humanitarian assistance while thinking how to chip away pieces from us.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

McCain very patronizingly asked her fellow "The View" hosts.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2021

He failed the entrance exam for the diplomatic service, joining through an alternative process known patronizingly as the “slow stream.”

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020

They try to solve what philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn has patronizingly called “puzzles,” problems whose solution buttresses the prevailing paradigm.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2019

But most of Ben’s hatred and humiliation was directed at the waiter, who shook his head with a patronizingly bemused tolerance.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy