She searched his rugged features for any clue that he might be patronizing her, but all she saw was genuine interest. |
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You want to avoid the questions, the long stares or the patronizing comments people uninvitedly seemed to offer. |
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I benefited from that, and I understand that there's a place for some hometown boosterism, but at the same time it's patronizing. |
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Those who did not go this far might nevertheless insure their souls and those of their family by founding or patronizing a religious community. |
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That sort of conversation puts me terribly on edge, though, because it feels so patronizing. |
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Many housing executives view people from a very paternalistic and patronizing attitude. |
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You will see here how condescending, arrogant, and patronizing these people can be. |
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However, the ITA took a rather lofty and somewhat patronizing view of the abilities of independent producers. |
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You are nothing but an uncouth, patronizing, unprincipled, rowdy group of misfits who aren't fit for any respectable job! |
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The organization issued a patronizing and insulting non-apology and have done nothing to discipline the stupid bigot. |
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Still, the way the insolent and foul-mouthed Tora and the starchily patronizing Selma go from hostility to sisterhood is not without interest. |
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Some astute observers commented that sending the abortion ship to the shores of Poland smacked of patronizing neo-colonialism. |
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I expect most of you can imagine the patronizing priest reaching behind the altar table for his visual aid. |
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How often have I seen people raise questions about the work of a hero only to be met by quiet derision or patronizing dismissal. |
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But this almost patronizing gospel of high learning forsakes necessary historicization and theory for more myopic designs. |
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You could probably even sneak in your revolutionary politics without sounding didactic and patronizing. |
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Garrett spoke snappishly, and Dax realized that he perhaps should not have put on his patronizing tone when speaking to a commander. |
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She listened to their complaints and she offered some criticism of her own but she was never patronizing or condescending. |
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With much success he walks a fine line between scholarly jargon and patronizing colloquialism. |
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All are born aristocrats, and their bearing is dignified, even though at times it is also a tiny bit arrogant and patronizing. |
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These last shots betray a sentimentality and patronizing attitude inherent in the film's setting. |
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Despite the superior and patronizing tone of his voice, there was a deep concern. |
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It is based on innuendo, rumour, hearsay, and it is founded on a patronizing attitude toward women in our society today. |
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That can be perceived as patronizing and will stifle the flow of conversation. |
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Felix's presumptuous action is barely less nettlesome than his withholding and patronizing behavior toward a teenage student who develops a crush on him. |
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Most importantly, such measures were patronizing and demonstrated adults' lack of trust in them. |
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A range of outdated minor codes, related to the former patronizing doctrine and guardianship, were modified. |
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I want to show young children a universe that corresponds to their experience without patronizing them. |
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They have insufficient time to meet with the defence attorneys and encounter patronizing attitudes and lectures from legal representatives. |
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Among the explorers, a state of mind developed that was patronizing and paternalistic. |
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At times, they do tend to overact or appear patronizing to viewers. |
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Carolyn's romance with Pumpkin certainly challenges some well-intentioned, patronizing attitudes about disability. |
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However, we have actually served a more diverse ethnic group patronizing these barbershops, including men of African, West Indian, Bahamian, Haitian, and Jamaican heritages. |
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Private benefactors have played as important a role as that of the government in patronizing the arts. |
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Then with a patronizing tone they tell me that I can keep the change. |
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Is it really the type of organization you should be patronizing? |
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He, evidently, did not know what he was in store for, because he was regarding her with a patronizing stare, most likely underestimating her abilities. |
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We will gladly continue patronizing those stores, but will not be taking our rifles. |
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It is loathed by some critics who find it patronizing, silly, and superficial. |
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How can you write about that earlier self without being either patronizing or maudlin? |
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I am not so much patronizing the other side, rather I am misprizing ours. |
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The psychological warfare can also be seen in the patronizing tone Democratic officials are now taking toward the Republicans. |
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And unfortunately, the result of this patronizing and destructive attitude will be the death of the two-state solution. |
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The published book on the research was uncomplimentary about the town and many of its leaders and was written in what many people felt was a rather patronizing tone. |
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And, of course, avoid anyone who is patronizing or condescending. |
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They often display snobbish, disdainful or patronizing attitudes. |
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It was, in some cases, patronizing to the point of contempt. |
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Man, if I lived in San Francisco, I'd be patronizing his shop daily. |
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Even when youth activism is accepted it is usually in a condescending or patronizing manner when older and more experienced organizers run and co-opt youth efforts. |
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They challenged the policy of patronizing Oriental learning and advocated the need for spreading Western knowledge through the medium of English. |
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He was at one moment a generous supporter of his fellow artists and at an another an egotist with a patronizing attitude toward those of lesser reputation. |
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Only if you are not pointing the finger at someone in a patronizing way, they can start changing without losing their face. |
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In 2009 he was so enthralled with his ability to see the reasonableness in conservatives that he ended up patronizing them. |
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It was, however, important not to overstate the need for protection, which would border on the patronizing. |
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We do wish to improve our fighting skills-but we cannot learn from supercilious, hostile words, sullen arrogance, or patronizing condescension. |
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They can also lead to patronizing and condescending attitudes which leave a further scar on the infected person. |
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In some schools patronizing attitudes were displayed, while in others, individual teachers dared to challenge the existing gender regimes. |
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Many have emphasized the role played by the Medici, a banking family and later ducal ruling house, in patronizing and stimulating the arts. |
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The idea of target groups should not lead to the reduction of rigour with regard to problem identification and analysis, or give licence for patronizing attitudes. |
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Like, a little patronizing pat on the head. |
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Pressure for equality at work, in particular, has grown precisely because so many of the traditional practices and attitudes in industry were, and are, seen as insufferably and insultingly patronizing to women. |
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The patronizing and centralizing attitude of the British party was a source of irritation for the Canadian negotiators who were intent on preserving their country's sovereignty. |
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Huda bint Mohammed Al-Ameel expressed her thanks to and appreciation of the Princess for patronizing the graduation ceremony. |
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However, it could be considered condescending and patronizing for a board member of any culture to adjust his or her pattern of eye contact or speaking cadence to resemble that of a candidate from a different culture. |
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Opinionated, comfortably middle class, bridge partners, gourmets, and patronizing patronesses of the arts, these two zany women regale each other with chat, prattle, gossip and collateral damage. |
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We aimed to present complex information concisely in a language that can be understood by anyone with a high school education yet is not patronizing to an expert. |
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This is not an easy assignment as one of the challenges is to avoid being preachy, patronizing or offering advice that is not suitable to the Mozambican situation. |
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When Evelyn Waugh was interviewed on Canadian television many years ago, the interviewer made the mistake of patronizing his distinguished guest, then England's most remarkable satirist. |
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Cats's prolix moralizing, pedestrian doggerel, and patronizing tone forced their way into his country's literature if only because of the disastrous influence they had on the taste of their middle-class readership. |
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A simple meeting sounds almost patronizing in some respects. |
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This attitude is somewhat patronizing, and if not corrected in time, it would hinder the fostering of good relations between United Nations organizations and their host countries. |
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It is very difficult to correct the culture, the mind set, the patronizing attitudes because these peoples still believe that we cannot do anything on our own. |
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It includes patronizing or condescending behaviour, such as humiliating an employee in front of co-workers and practical jokes that offend, embarrass or insult someone. |
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Isn't this gender-based analysis patronizing toward women? |
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Vigo: In Vigo, stakeholder participants were sympathetic to Canada's position but wary of Canada going beyond the NAFO process and appearing to act in a patronizing and dictatorial way towards a country like Spain. |
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It is, however, patronizing and defending South Korea, afraid that the true aim sought by it in conniving at South Korea's nuclear weapons development should be brought to light. |
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To this end, the association edits three publications which provide news coverage using simple words and short phrases, without being patronizing. |
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On the whole, however, patronizing and authoritarian attitudes prevail in the country, especially towards deprived children: their expression is violence, restricted freedom, or institutionalization as primary answer. |
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I decided to change things a little bit and asked if he had some ideas about how to respond to people who treated me in a patronizing way, because I'm sitting in a scooter while they stand up. |
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This includes high pitches, short sentences, singsong cadences, patronizing tones and use of collective pronouns and infantilizing terms. |
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Today, the term Indies might be considered pejorative, patronizing and oppressive by some. |
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Instead, he chose to concentrate his time and his family's resources on patronizing artists and pursuing his own poetic and political interests. |
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Eritrean communities in Sudan have contributed over USD 10 thousand to the Martyrs Trust Fund, and asserted readiness to sustain patronizing families of fallen heroes. |
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A patronizing letter filled with zingers is sent to an opposing attorney, and a settlement gets delayed three months because of the saber rattling. |
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Plebeians sometimes enjoyed similar parties through clubs or associations, but for most Romans, recreational dining usually meant patronizing taverns. |
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