How to use deign in a sentence

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• “Yes, madame, since your Highness has deigned to begin, will you deign to finish—”1998, Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry Your Highness
• Mongers deign to notice his work, they dismiss him as a "cult writer," another of their standard ploys.1978 April 15, Mitzel, “An Evening and an Afternoon with James Purdy”, in Gay Community News, page 10. From the entry instrument
• It is true that no self respecting golfer, all togged out in his shorties and tam, would deign to use them.1923 August, “Golf”, in The Playground, volume XVII, number 5, Cooperstown, N.Y.: Playground and Recreation Association of America, →OCLC…. From the entry shorties
• On the College Confidential website, users simply reference HYP (or HYPS if they deign to include Stanford and its 5 percent acceptance rate).2017 August 8, David Nathan, Nick Accrocco, “There are many good colleges. Find one that's a good fit.”, in Houston Chronicle. From the entry hyps
• The last time he deigned to talk to his youngest child, he was still Scrooge McDucking his way through the Fort Lauderdale social scene.”2017, Jesse J. Holland, Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, a Novel of the Marvel Universe. From the entry Scrooge McDuck
• The sun climbed higher and beads of moisture formed at her hairline before Sir Hopkin deigned to poke his uglisome head out.2005, Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging. From the entry uglisome
• For one thing, most places that deign to serve crottled greeps aren't classy enough to serve blog, and those that are charge an enormous corkage fee.1995 October 6, David E Romm, “Re: parking ghods (was Re: NYC Fandom)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry crottled greep
• Cheating, murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the jungle would not deign to possess—money to purchase the effeminate pleasures of weaklings.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 17. From the entry weakling

Meaning of deign

1. verb To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
2. verb To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
3. verb Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.

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Questions about deign in a sentence

How do you use deign in a sentence?

Deign is used as a verb. For example: “He didn’t even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.”

What is a short sentence with deign?

“"Finally you deign to show up" were the first words said to me.”

What does deign mean?

Deign means to consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.