'Straightforward Miss Moore!' said she patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

Smiling a little patronisingly, Spiro held out his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]

He smiled patronisingly at my mystification and pushed off.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quiet American]

He put an arm patronisingly round my shoulders and became nonchalant.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rude Awakening]

"You're in luck, my lads," said patronisingly the first-class boy, with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference

I won't take offence, but that was a patronisingly superfluous comment!.    From Wordnik.com.  [LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform] Reference

Roskin spoke patronisingly, knowing that nothing infuriated Bellamy more.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elvis Latte] Reference

"You're wrong - I brought this book back on time," she returned patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Whaddya mean, no adverbs?' asked Tom swiftly.] Reference

And, please, don't patronisingly mutter: "Well, he would say that, being Irish...".    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside the anti-kettling HQ] Reference

“You need not trouble yourself on this account,” said Medinskaya, patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference

Madame Sipiagin continued smiling to him; her husband nodded his head patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virgin Soil] Reference

He chuckled patronisingly, as if he had expected my reaction, then changed the subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Letter of Mary]

We were recently sent an e-mail from our rep, patronisingly entitled ‘What do we do?’.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Victim Agency – Deckchairs, Titanic. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

“Just let me hear your scale, will you?” she said patronisingly to Mrs. Lautenschlager.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maurice Guest] Reference

The new professionals tended to look rather patronisingly on their non-professional forebears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference

He held out his hand kindly — rather patronisingly: it was the solicitor whom she knew by sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference

“Has your honour been back long?” he added patronisingly, as though encouraging a nervous visitor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference

The lady smiled patronisingly: ‘Wie wahr, wie unreflectiert’, she murmured, as it were to herself.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference

"Ah, I fear that is -- er -- a feminine point of view, rather -- is it not?" he rejoined patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference

Mrs Jonathan stooped majestically, and imprinted her lips patronisingly on the forehead, as much as to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference

(And not at all patronisingly: his wordiness, his difficulty in coming to the point, struck her as rather pathetic.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of a Childhood] Reference

“The fire-and-sword period has passed by, my good man,” said the Journalist patronisingly, yawning across the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shallow Soil] Reference

Dave writes patronisingly of Ms Phillips: "What's funniest about all this is the lovely whistful quality to Mel's headline. Bless".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Audience that patronisingly listens outside a room or window.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quotations from the PG Collected Works of Gilbert Parker] Reference

Colonel Lawton waved his hand patronisingly at the clergyman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play] Reference

"Glad to hear you're such a wise fellow," said McLeod patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains] Reference

'Are you allowed to dine late,' asked Ida patronisingly of her sister.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Stick] Reference

"He is new in government," said the Pakistani high commissioner, patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

"You need not trouble yourself on this account," said Medinskaya, patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference

"I like those things of yours -- at the gallery, I mean," said Nigel patronisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bird of Paradise] Reference

It is no use standing on an eminence above them, and patronisingly talking down to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference

Toporoff continued to smile patronisingly, evidently thinking what Nekhludoff said very pretty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voskresenie. English] Reference

The vocabulary comment you made earlier (patronisingly I thought) to some guy, you miss spelt your.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference