patronizein a sentence
patronize as in: Don't patronize me.
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I'm annoyed by her patronizing tone -- as though she knows more about my situation than I do.patronizing = treating in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
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My dears, you imagined, I believe, that you were about to patronize this young gentleman, like some poor protege picked up somewhere, and taken under your magnificent protection.† (source)
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Then men will walk across the road when they meet you--or, worse still, hold you out a couple of fingers and patronize you in a pitying way--then you will know, as soon as your back is turned, that your friend begins with a "Poor devil, what imprudences he has committed, what chances that chap has thrown away."† (source)
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She also spoke of finding another store to patronize, one where the proprietors were more concerned about the welfare of the community. (source)patronize = be a customer of
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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. (source)patronizing = treat in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
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He looked at me as if I was patronizing him. (source)patronizing = treating in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
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His use of Haymitch's patronizing endearment.† (source)patronizing = treating in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
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Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions. (source)patronized = supported
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Do not patronize me, OK?† (source)patronize = treat in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind OR the actions of a patron (to support someone or something; or to be a customer)
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The point about Chrissie—and this applied to a lot of the veterans—was that for all her slightly patronising manner towards us when we'd first arrived, she was awestruck about our being from Hailsham.† (source)unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it patronizing.
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"Oh, it's big enough," he said patronizingly, "but somehow I was expecting something...you know."† (source)
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He has been to town to do his semiweekly marketing, where, gaunt, misshapen, with his gray stubble and his dark spectacleblurred eyes and his blackrimmed hands and the rank manodor of his sedentary and unwashed flesh, he entered the one odorous and cluttered store which he patronised and paid with cash for what he bought.† (source)unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it patronized.
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I don't patronise the ring for nothing, do I, Tony?† (source)unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it patronize.
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In this open-air society, it is the rag-picker who salutes and the portress who patronizes.† (source)patronizes = treats in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind OR the actions of a patron (supports someone or something; or is a customer)
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"Of course it is," Brittain says, and I detect a note of patronization.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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Patronisingly he gives the youngster a portion and says: "Next time you come with your mess-tin have a cigar or a chew of tobacco in your other hand.† (source)
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