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Meanings of patronizing air in English

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Usage of patronizing air in English
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Kitty's patronizing air nettled Blue Bonnet as much as it amused her.
Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
2
She halted the thing beside me and looked down with a patronizing air.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
3
The dealer rubbed his hands, as he spoke to the painter with a patronizing air.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
4
He will not confer favours with a patronizing air.
Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
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Craig looked up quickly, unruffled by the patronizing air of the professional toward the amateur detective.
The War Terror
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The girl on the door-step surveyed the one approaching down the road with a friendly and patronizing air.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
7
Much of his lofty and patronizing air disappeared, although the desire to instruct would crop out at times.
The Candidate: A Political Romance
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With a patronizing air he said:
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
9
He overlooks the peculiar patronizing air, such as a young woman sometimes assumes toward a boy her junior.
Miss Caprice
10
But the young man's blood was boiling with his wrongs, and this patronizing air irritated him to boot.
Put Yourself in His Place
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There was a distinct chilliness in the manners of one, while a second had a patronizing air which was equally offensive.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
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They put on a sort of patronizing air, as much as to say, These children are an awful lot of trouble.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very p...
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The magistrate began, therefore, to smile with a patronizing air, and, nodding his head, replied in the same jocular spirit: Ha!
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
14
It's all in the game. There was no especial sympathy in Mern's tone; he was treating a victim with a patronizing air.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
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Not with intentional cruelty, but with a distinctly patronizing air that told her he found her, and her dream, quite adorably silly.
Destined to last
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You should have seen the patronizing air with which M. Chebe scrutinized the young man, who was head and shoulders taller than he.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 3
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