How to Use deign in a Sentence

deign

verb
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  • I wouldn't deign to answer that absurd accusation.
  • The man behind the counter may or may not deign to greet you.
    — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • So when the universe deigned to help out, astronomers jumped at the chance.
    — Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 5 June 2018
  • Maybe now the Tonys will deign to give an award for playwriting.
    — Vulture, 8 June 2023
  • The fast food nugget has faced criticism over the years — no one would deign to call them healthy.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson Food Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The best players deigned to have their own teams and could be happy only as the Jordans of their fiefs.
    — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 4 July 2016
  • Only the majesty of the West was good enough for them—they'd never deign to spend a weekend on one of the rinky-dink mountains of the Northeast.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Brown, like Coons, did not deign to mention who was saying these things.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The fact that our government would deign to try limit our rights is ridiculous.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 July 2017
  • Only thinness could deliver the prize of health care providers who would deign to treat me.
    — Your Fat Friend, SELF, 1 Sep. 2020
  • And what about produce that’s so eccentric that even a farmer won’t deign to consume it?
    — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
  • Woodley, a longtime TV star, has gone on record negging her friends who deign to watch TV.
    — Vulture, 31 Jan. 2022
  • In a real loss for art and culture, Rihanna did not deign to grace us with her presence at the 2019 Met Gala.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2019
  • MBrown suffers us fools who deign to ask him questions about his business.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2019
  • The Supreme Court didn’t even deign to hear his legal arguments about voter fraud.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Moonlight seems to simply descend, deigning to visit us for the evening.
    — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Of course Dimon, who fancies himself a truth-teller, did not deign to name names.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 17 July 2017
  • Moonlight seems to simply descend, deigning to visit us for the evening.
    — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
  • Some alumni of prestigious schools won’t deign to wear their own school’s gear, anyway.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2021
  • But against Arizona, no Ruunin’ Utes player or coach would deign to even think about saying that.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • If your dog won’t deign to sip from a dish, consider giving this slick and smart dog water bottle from PupFlask a try.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 8 July 2021
  • Half a day later, Trump, the most irritable man on earth, hadn’t deigned to respond to Clinton’s taunt.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Crowe's unnamed protagonist doesn't even deign to speak in the opening scene.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Dany, meanwhile, was on her throne with her people in front of her, starting at a moment’s notice when Jon deigned to take a step toward her.
    — Elyse Roth, Glamour, 31 July 2017
  • And then after that, LePage had the balls to not just get pissed when a democratic colleague deigned to suggest that maybe the Governor was racist.
    — Jack Moore, GQ, 7 July 2017
  • This has been going on for years, and every once in a while, one half of the power couple actually deigns to respond.
    — refinery29.com, 24 May 2018
  • The head of NBC News' public relations didn't even deign to respond to the president's mocking gossip.
    — Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan, 29 June 2017
  • Suits may be going the way of the dodo and sneakers may be infiltrating the cubicle, but can a man at least deign to tuck in his shirt on weekdays?
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
  • This requires a lot of time and discipline but brings no glory, which is probably why none of the male editors deign to do it.
    — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Similarly, penguins will only deign to eat whole fish that are less than six inches in length and no more than an inch wide.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2017

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