Use "patronizing" in a sentence

1. The same soft beat of reggae fills the air, in the shimmering heat of the afternoon when the only movement is children at play and, in the evening, when the entire population emerges, sitting in lawns, visiting neighbors or patronizing open air establishments

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2. These guys were patronizing me

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3. She gives me a patronizing look, the way people sometimes look at children when they act too adult, and snatches the flag from the branch

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4. Helping to get the grinder going was one thing, but my hog raising suggestion, well, THAT is what Uncle Harry would probably call being “insufferably patronizing

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5. philosophy is ‘liberal’-Left-wing) on the Fox News Channel’s Hannity and Colmes, on June 18, 2003, I found his indulgent, patronizing remarks about the “conservative nature”

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6. old Dack’s patronizing attitude

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7. Praise was redundant, embarrassing, patronizing and belittling

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8. very patronizing thing to do, It implies a sense of ‘ownership’ which is

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9. It's beginning to sound patronizing

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10. the fact that she seemed to be patronizing me

11. "Are you guys ready to ride the roller coaster again?" His voice immediately took on a patronizing undertone that generated resentment in the girls from his sly pressure

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12. “Brad,” she said in a very patronizing

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13. ” There was an overt patronizing tone

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14. “That was very nice of you,” Alex said, clearly patronizing her

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15. Alex couldn’t help the patronizing tone that slipped into his

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16. asked, trying not to sound disinterested or patronizing

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17. Patronizing them seemed somewhat hypocritical at this point

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18. In addition, they’d been patronizing Silver City since the early days of

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19. paternal, but somewhat patronizing also

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20. “Please don’t be patronizing, doctor

21. Some significant testing proved this was, in fact, the case… customers were being “trained” to wait on our promotions to run prior to patronizing our establishments

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22. “I am a wanderer,” he replied hastily, wary of the birds patronizing manner

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23. When she opened her mouth to speak, she found herself not knowing what to say without sounding patronizing

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24. "Are you patronizing me?" Tony said with a grin

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25. Before he could say anything patronizing again she turned and went back up the stairs

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26. The other part knew it would sound patronizing and condescending,

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27. At the sound of Shela’s patronizing laugh, Liam’s face creased into a gallant smile and the red dissolved immediately

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28. The elf regarded Shela with the patronizing disdain that elves commanded so well

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29. Blunt was not a fan of the Welshman’s patronizing approach

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30. censures and ridicules the abuses and the patronizing attitude

31. Elm felt this patronizing sentence was hardly worth answering since Pine already knew he was aware of the enforcement, but he didn't want to start an argument when his mind was so un-obliging in its abilities

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32. Carrie almost smiled at the slightly patronizing air she

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33. � I wanted to feel unconditional positive regard and not the patronizing attitude that patience may represent

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34. calling out to her in patronizing tones

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35. It was almost calculating, and slightly patronizing

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36. As the four sisters went home through the garden, Miss Kate looked after them, saying, without the patronizing tone in her voice, "In spite of their demonstrative manners, American girls are very nice when one knows them

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37. She was rather surprised, therefore, when the silence remained unbroken, and Jo assumed a patronizing air, which decidedly aggravated Meg, who in turn assumed an air of dignified reserve and devoted herself to her mother

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38. Then two men dressed as priests who look like old TV characters that are out to kill you is a little hard to believe,” he said with a fatherly nearly patronizing smile

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39. "Come nearer," said the magistrate, with a patronizing wave of the hand, "and tell me to

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40. That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing

41. This letter was followed by others of a somewhat similar kind, and one or two written in a patronizing strain in defence of the working classes by persons who evidently knew nothing about them

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42. Reynolds gave her a patronizing stare

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43. But after seeing his brother, listening to his conversation with the professor, hearing afterwards the unconsciously patronizing tone in which his brother questioned him about agricultural matters (their mother’s property had not been divided, and Levin took charge of both their shares), Levin felt that he could not for some reason begin to talk to him of his intention of marrying

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44. But they sounded trite and patronizing

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45. He supposed some of that was a case of ambitious members of Mother Church’s hierarchy being eager to be seen patronizing the “right” shops, but mostly it was because he was one of the half-dozen best in the entire city of Zion at his trade

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46. Princess Varvara gave Dolly a cordial and rather patronizing reception, and began at once explaining to her that she was living with Anna because she had always cared more for her than her sister Katerina Pavlovna, the aunt that had brought Anna up, and that now, when every onehad abandoned Anna, she thought it her duty to help her in this most difficult period of transition

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47. ‘And what am I going to say to Dolly now? Amuse Kitty by the sight of my wretchedness, submit to her patronizing? No; and besides, Dolly wouldn’t understand

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48. He was the Victorian tourist, solid and patronizing, for whose amusement these foreign things were paraded

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49. William offered to pay (once he was legally adult, he had full control of the trust fund his mother had left him—plus the cash from selling off Regan’s Karmann Ghia through the local classifieds), but Bruno always refused, in a way that should have been welcome but that just felt patronizing

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50. ” His habit of addressing her formally was obsequious to whatever degree it wasn’t patronizing

51. His compliment, genuine and not patronizing, was just the boost her ego needed after having been so ruthlessly pummeled by so many tests today

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52. Because Patty went to the same school as a kid, and she never had to do Half-Lunch or Free-Lunch, and now her stomach knotted as she remembered the Free-Lunch kids and her patronizing smiles toward them as they presented their dog-eared cards, and the steamy cafeteria ladies would call it out: Free Lunch! And the boy next to her, buzz-haired and confident, would whisper inanely: There’s no such thing as a free lunch

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53. Do you remember when Insley and her dancing-monkey husband made us come over to admire their baby, and we did the obligatory visit to their strangely perfect, overflowered, overmuffined house for brunch and baby-meeting and they were so self-righteous and patronizing of our childless state, and meanwhile there was their hideous boy, covered in streaks of slobber and stewed carrots and maybe some feces—naked except for a frilly bib and a pair of knitted booties—and as I sipped my orange juice, you leaned over and whispered, “That’s what I’ll be wearing later

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54. Incredibly, investors never questioned the truth of this patronizing Daddy-Knows-Best principle—or even realized that a company’s cash belongs to the shareholders, not its managers

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55. “How would you handle it?” There was nothing patronizing in the question

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56. ” He gave me a kind but patronizing look

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57. Something flickered on in me then, I typed, an awareness of the real world I lived in; and even twenty years later, as if we’d spoken yesterday, I heard the conviction with which you said things like “real world,” the patronizing, teacherly tone in your voice

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58. He smiled that patronizing paternal grin and shook his head at me all the way to the bar

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59. Pierre who had been regarded with patronizing condescension when he was an illegitimate son, and petted and extolled when he was the best match in Russia, had sunk greatly in the esteem of society after his marriage- when the marriageable daughters and their mothers had nothing to hope from him-especially as he did not know how, and did not wish, to court society’s favor

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60. ‘The whole plan of our order should be based on the idea of preparing men of firmness and virtue bound together by unity of conviction- aiming at the punishment of vice and folly, and patronizing talent and virtue: raising worthy men from the dust and attaching them to our Brotherhood

61. It was not that Moscow had been taken or that the happy conquerors were masters in it and were patronizing him

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62. And so she saw through this duplicity, this display of patronizing affection, and she was panic-stricken when she realized you weren't alive anymore, just as you wanted her to be

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63. Relations between these two old schoolmates continued to be thus strained for nearly a year! Then Charlie transferred his blighted affections to a round, rosy, snub-nosed, blue-eyed, little Sophomore who appreciated them as they deserved, whereupon he forgave Anne and condescended to be civil to her again; in a patronizing manner intended to show her just what she had lost

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64. She endeavored to be nice, but succeeded only in being haughty and patronizing

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65. about Bismarck, for I was very much interested, and could not make up my mind about him, and only fancy, he sat down beside me and began telling me about him very fully, indeed, but always with a sort of irony, and that patronizing condescension which I always find so insufferable, and which is so common in ' great men ' when they talk to us women if we meddle with ' subjects beyond our sphere

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66. But what if, in reality, without the least desire to be offensive, that sheepshead had a notion in earnest that he was superior to me and could only look at me in a patronizing way? The very supposition made me gasp

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67. As soon as Nekhludoff saw that face, those hairy hands and heard that patronizing tone, his gentle disposition immediately disappeared

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68. Interesting is that sympathetic, but partially patronizing air with which both these authors treat Amiel, when they regret that he was deprived of those qualities which are necessary for the performance of real work

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69. Pierre who had been regarded with patronizing condescension when he was an illegitimate son, and petted and extolled when he was the best match in Russia, had sunk greatly in the esteem of society after his marriage—when the marriageable daughters and their mothers had nothing to hope from him—especially as he did not know how, and did not wish, to court society’s favor

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70. “The whole plan of our order should be based on the idea of preparing men of firmness and virtue bound together by unity of conviction—aiming at the punishment of vice and folly, and patronizing talent and virtue: raising worthy men from the dust and attaching them to our Brotherhood

71. I was therefore deeply interested in what was going on in those countrified parlors of one of the richest and most powerful men in the world—and this right in the heart of that district of New York where palaces stand in rows and in blocks, and where such few churches as there are resemble social clubs for snubbing climbers and patronizing the poor

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