DEIGN in a Sentence

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For DEIGN, below is one of 32 sentences:
When the frightful object first presented itself to the young Mohican, he did not deign to bestow a single glance on the animal.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEIGN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
deign
 v.  condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  We are discussing things seriously; but if you won't deign to give me your attention, I will drop your acquaintance.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: X
2  You deign to joke, your Excellency.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
3  She does not deign to be clever.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV
4  He only saw in her a pretty and fresh young girl, with whom he did not deign to unite his fate.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXV
5  You won't deign to demean yourself by marrying me, you.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER VI
6  Benevolent Man: If you deign to accompany my daughter, you will.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS
7  Monsieur le Baron, deign to listen to me.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
8  Thank you, sir," said d'Avrigny; "since you have commenced your sacred office, deign to continue it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 103. Maximilian.
9  When the frightful object first presented itself to the young Mohican, he did not deign to bestow a single glance on the animal.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
10  God grant that we may be guided aright, and that He will deign to watch over my husband and those dear to us both, and who are in such deadly peril.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  Nymphs, Laurentine Nymphs, from whom is the generation of rivers, and thou, O father Tiber, with thine holy flood, receive Aeneas and deign to save him out of danger.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
12  Trudolyubov deigned to notice me at last, glancing contemptuously in my direction.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IV
13  She added that Her Majesty had deigned to show Baron Funke beaucoup d'estime, and again her face clouded over with sadness.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
14  His Majesty the Emperor has deigned to send your excellency a project submitted by me.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV
15  When, much later, "Uncle" rode up to Nicholas and began talking to him, he felt flattered that, after what had happened, "Uncle" deigned to speak to him.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence:
1  Microsoft is accusing Google with regard to Google's new App Sync software, which allows Gmail users to tap into any records they might deign to keep in Outlook.