He had condescended to mortgage as far as he had the power, but he would never
condescend to sell.
Persuasion
Falk obeys the law of self-preservation without the slightest misgivings as to his right, but at a crucial turn of that ruthlessly preserved life he will not
condescend to dodge the truth.
Typhoon
"Will your majesty," said Gaston, "
condescend to occupy this apartment, all unworthy as it is to receive you?"
Ten Years Later
Ms Pelosi was reportedly so offended by members of the group that she turned to Mr Francois and said: "Don't
condescend to me or to us."
Brexit: US Speaker told off 'condescending' Mark Francois at awkward meeting; Nancy Pelosi reportedly left the hard Brexiteer 'even more red faced' after the tense confrontation
Not only that he can't even
condescend to reply to my letter dated March, 24 when I pointed this out.
BIRMINGHAM City Council leader
Surely, the greater surprise is that a government which for the last 10 years has been so adept in representing the interests of those living within the M25 and north of the border should
condescend to actually having one minister from the West Midlands.
Letter: A quick word; NEW HOME SECRETARY
Rowling does not
condescend to her readers with a dumbed-down vocabulary or a simple plot.
Muggles, broomsticks, quidditch, and owls that deliver mail: a cast of characters to breathe life--and the magic of good writing--into children's literature
They made fun of the "old trolls," as they insisted on calling them, although they would
condescend to let them buy us drinks.
No excuses for West: I have no sympathy for ousted Spokane mayor Jim West or other hypocritical closet cases. They didn't miss out on these years of greater gay visibility. They opted out
Regular readers of CTR are aware of our editorial stance that, in information technology, applications are king and will not
condescend to any lesser role.
HDD And The Changing Face Of Backup
For he did not
condescend to the objects of his desire; he knew them as people and gave them human identities in his art.
SCOUT'S HONOR
Cricket's one-day world champions are fuming that England still only
condescend to give them a one-off Test.
Sri are not amused
So-and-so's writing speaks out against racism.'" "Failures or refusal to acknowledge complexity among writers from socially marginalized groups," Mackey argues, "no matter how 'well-intentioned,'
condescend to the work and to the writers and thus, hardly the solution they purport to be, are a part of the problem." Mackey contends that such interpretations have dominated literary criticism about nearly all "marginalized" writers, resulting in insufficient attention being paid to the "variance and divergent approaches" inherent in the work of a wide range of authors whose writing "defies canons of accessibility" (18).
Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality, and Experimental Writing
That means you can t
condescend to your reader about how the real meaning of pride is an adorable and eccentric boyfriend, a cabin in the Poconos, and an adopted child (and a six-figure salary to support all three).
Pride and self-hatred