Verb (used with object), : a professor who patronizes his students.    From Dictionary.com. 

Saqib Shaikh: I don't run my own business, so may be missing something, but why is this term patronising?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jackson Fish Market] Reference

And this patronising is not unexpected (or unecnountered) when looking at how an expert gives advice to a novice.    From Wordnik.com.  [A is for Authenticity « An A-Z of ELT] Reference

Bradshaw had not been possessed with the idea of patronising Ruth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth] Reference

Out Of Here has a contestant who gets called a patronising nickname instead of their real name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Brother Celebrity Hijack Betting Odds: Double Eviction, Emilia Out?] Reference

Camra's first-ever chairwoman said beer marketing was at times "patronising".    From Wordnik.com.  [silly seasons here -women and beer] Reference

Trying alternative solutions in a time of economic strife is not "patronising", it is pragmatic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters: Can philanthropy again come to the help of public libraries?] Reference

'I didn't mean to speak disrespectfully to you, dear old mother,' said the girl with a kind of patronising affection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarah's School Friend] Reference

Asmal rejected the contention as "patronising", saying the FF had not read the legislation and did not understand its contents.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He said that "patronising" Eurocrats were pushing through idiotic regulations "such as telling window cleaners how to hold ladders".    From Wordnik.com.  [The worm turns?] Reference

You didn't cry because I seemed to be kind of patronising?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Cousins] Reference

Socioety, who said the programme had become "patronising".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Leaders slam 'patronising' Darling (From Wimbledon Guardian).    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon] Reference

DiCaprio cuts back on 'green talks' not to sound 'patronising'.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

How can you say that Harriet Hairpin's comment was 'patronising'?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph Blogs] Reference

But the move has been branded "patronising" by a leading academic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Chancellor Alistair Darling has been accused of being 'patronising'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon] Reference

Business leaders hit back at 'patronising' Labour claims on Tory NI plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

David Sinclair, the head of policy for Help the Aged, found the concept "patronising".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Campaigners dismissed the report as "patronising" and an attempt to "pigeonhole" opposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference

Officers have described West Midlands Police's campaign as "patronising" and a waste of money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Business leaders criticise 'patronising' Mandelson High Court bid launched to halt rail strike new.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

But I lay it before you in all confidence of your acquittal: was the general tone of it "patronising"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wrecker] Reference

It is the kind of patronising fashion rubbish that My Debutante might have thought twice about using back in 1940.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Maharashtra Government was "patronising" those involved in such attacks and the central government was "silent" on the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News Online - The Indian Express] Reference

Earlier, business leaders dismissed "patronising" claims from Labour that they had been fooled into backing the Tories 'plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference

Perlstein calls this interpretation 'patronising': it is 'as if the non-professionals lived in simple denial of social reality.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Ms Gonzalez Durantez, who was also interviewed, said the way in which political wives were portrayed by the media was "patronising".    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

On the last day furious Patsy accused Ultimo underwear boss Michelle Mone, who was leader of the girls 'team, of being "patronising".    From Wordnik.com.  [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference

The MPs were in a combative mood, however, with McFall telling Fox at one point he was being "patronising" and saying: "Give us a break!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

'patronising', but we can stick to the OED definition.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

'patronising' manner and 'offensive' remarks on terrorism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

"patronising" claims that they had been fooled into backing the Tories 'plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [icBirmingham] Reference

'patronising', she replied: "'patronising' is putting it very diplomatically.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latest From www.politics.co.uk] Reference

These patronising arguments were like the old debate on abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich] Reference

This patronising "letter" proved to be a spectacular (and misleading) misjudgment.    From Wordnik.com.  [If Apple wants to be a major player it needs to start behaving like one] Reference