deign

He would never deign to tell anyone how to do something.

He finally comes to a stop, deigns to put his feet on the ground.

Would she have felt better if George had deigned to come?

She did not deign to speak to him, but looked away.

From that moment on, how could he deign to live!

It was the first time he had deigned to speak.

It's been so long since you deigned to visit me.

How could they deign to notice so small a thing?

The free woman did not deign to respond to him.

It is not a question of the Council deigning to provide the information.

So she had finished all other business and finally deigned to remember him!

I was surprised that he deigned to answer at all.

The cat did not even deign to turn its head.

Finally, in the sanctuary of his private office, he deigned to answer.

Not that she had ever deigned to do so previously.

Above all, they do not want to be perceived as deigning to play the Washington game.

Perhaps there you will deign to keep on with remarkable research.

She'd never deigned to answer him with more than a cold stare.

Once again you're playing the big daddy who deigns to take me back.

During all this time, he had never for one moment deigned to regard me.

She too has deigned to come to this far country to be your queen.

He glanced at his watch and deigned to speak again.

Then, shaking his head, he walked away without deigning to turn.

Of course she could not imagine him deigning to dress up.

One staff member said they would not deign to reply.