PATRONIZING in a Sentence

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74 example sentences for PATRONIZING, such as:

1. And she stopped being patronizing.
2. The restaurant is patronized by John.
3. The student wants to find a wealthy patron in America.
4. He adopted toward him an air of patronizing good humor.
5. The program focuses on kids' interests without patronizing them.

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 Meanings and Examples of PATRONIZING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
patronizing
 a.  arrogant; characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1  His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Juanita had become patronizing, and she glanced disrespectfully at Carol's golden sash, which she had previously admired.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  And she stopped being patronizing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  When he demanded, "I'd like to stage 'Suppressed Desires,' by Cook and Miss Glaspell," Carol ceased to be patronizing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  He adopted toward him an air of patronizing good humor.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
6  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.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
7  He was possessed with a mania for patronizing Yankee ingenuity, and seeing his friends fitly furnished forth.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
8  That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, "It's more than that, Mum."
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
9  It was not that Moscow had been taken or that the happy conquerors were masters in it and were patronizing him.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIX
10  I had often seen my noble patron annotating ancient volumes, and eagerly searching amongst dusty family manuscripts.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
11  The same night, such a man of regularity was the patron of The Young Amelia, the profits were divided, and each man had a hundred Tuscan livres, or about eighty francs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
12  There they had a bit of a skirmish in getting rid of the duties; the excise was, in truth, the everlasting enemy of the patron of The Young Amelia.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
13  The old patron did not interfere, for he too had recognized the superiority of Dantes over the crew and himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
14  When the patron awoke, the vessel was hurrying on with every sail set, and every sail full with the breeze.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
15  The old patron, who was obliged to sail in the morning in order to land his cargo on the frontiers of Piedmont and France, between Nice and Frejus, urged Dantes to try and rise.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
Example Sentence:
1  The program focuses on kids' interests without patronizing them.
2  Burke's response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn'tintended it that way.
3  This study examined patronizing communication in the law enforcement or civilian intergroup context.
4  Chiswick church is dedicated to St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors.
5  The student wants to find a wealthy patron in America.
6  Your loud talking would interfere with the other patrons' conversations.
7  The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
8  The restaurant is patronized by John.
9  Penniless artists hope to find some wealthy art-lover who will patronize them.