CONDESCEND in a Sentence

Learn CONDESCEND from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

40 example sentences for CONDESCEND, such as:

1. You condescend to say it to compliment me.
2. Would not condescend to talk with him at all.
3. Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.
4. But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.
5. He explains things without condescending to his audience.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONDESCEND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
condescend
 v.  stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Estella, for her part, likewise treated me as before, except that she did not condescend to speak.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI
2  Sometimes, she would coldly tolerate me; sometimes, she would condescend to me; sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me; sometimes, she would tell me energetically that she hated me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII
3  But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
4  He had condescended to mortgage as far as he had the power, but he would never condescend to sell.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  Undoubtedly," replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, "there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  Would not condescend to talk with him at all.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  You condescend to say it to compliment me.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
8  A Russian prince condescended to sit in a corner for an hour and talk with a massive lady, dressed like Hamlet's mother in black velvet with a pearl bridle under her chin.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
9  The clerk, being a married man, condescended to take an interest in the couple, who appeared to be shopping for their family.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
10  He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse anything, which he condescended to ask.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59
11  Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  The Rajah condescended to seat himself on a rug under the tree.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  He looked blankly indulgent, and yawned, and condescended, "That's a pretty slick arrangement on the radiator, so you can adjust it at any temperature you want."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Then he condescended, "Better jump out here and I'll take the boat around back."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
15  Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence:
1  These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person -- that being better suited to the still smaller fry -- but sat together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aides-de-camp.
2  You continue to condescend without addressing the main points.
3  She is so proud that she will not condescend to speak to us.
4  She actually condescended to say hello to me in the street today.
5  When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
6  He explains things without condescending to his audience.