Did the magistrate deign to discuss the issue with the citizen?. From LearnThat.org.
Is the word deign used correctly here: Did the guy actually think he would deign that question with a response?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
"If the ladies would only deign to smile on us --". From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
'Jupiter omnipotent, deign to favour this daring deed. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Once, and once only, did he deign to touch the ground. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
They asked a sparrow, but she did not deign to answer them. From Wordnik.com. [Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories] Reference
"For you, if you will deign to use it, Miss Nell," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
The Spirit of Music will deign to make use of me as her instrument. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Why in the world would Richard Dreyfuss deign to star in a CBS drama?. From Wordnik.com. [See It Here First] Reference
Perhaps they would not deign to listen and would refuse to accept a fee. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
This time he did not deign to answer, but merely shook his head solemnly. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
Mrs. Nancy did not deign even to notice this remark with a look, but with. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
Will you deign to accept it as a token of a friendship of which I am proud?. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Did you, I wonder, deign to cast your Imperial eyes on this effort of my pen?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914] Reference
"How should she deign to remark a worm like me?" was the young artist's answer. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
These believed in making their presence felt when I did not deign to notice them. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
Mayor, dissatisfied with himself, and consequently angry, did not deign to notice. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"Will your highness deign to accept employment if it is offered you by his family?". From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
Panine did not deign to notice the hatred which glistened in the eyes of the newcomer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She did not deign to answer, but the offended Triboulet waved his wooden sword vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
As he spoke she again looked at Guy, with a vindictive expression, but did not deign to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
There were few, indeed, they would deign to notice; and no one, unless her Papa had a carriage. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
"Will you deign, Signorina," said the Marquis to Aminta, "to accept me as a guest for a few days?". From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
He would like to call on Helms, though the chairman isn't saying if he will deign to see the governor. From Wordnik.com. [A Bare-Knuckled Brawl] Reference
"Splendour," says he, "deign to visit our poor house in Nona, if you would learn what willing service is.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
But Itzig waved them back and not until Hirsch Bensef came out from the sick chamber did he deign to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
We have too long neglected the only talent for which our English neighbours ever deign to allow us any credit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
The King's brother and the Duc de Bouillon stood in the crowd, whence the minister did not deign to withdraw them. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then he took up a position behind the chair she would occupy, ready to assist her when she might deign to sit down. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Though he doesn't always deign to make it clear, Naipaul has a theme and a focus: the tangled history of his homeland. From Wordnik.com. [The Writer's Workshop] Reference
Never had she heard tell of a man whom she could deign to love however much beauty prowess dominion or high rank he had. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Nor, if there had been, would I deign to speak before that woman, 'she answered with desperation, and pointing toward Leta. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
You know, if we had him sitting here with us right now and if he would deign to talk to us, because he was a thorny character. From Wordnik.com. [The Operatic Punch in Mahler's Symphonies] Reference
But deign to satisfy my curiosity, and inform me by what chain of events you have been conducted hither, unknown to all the world. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
They favor their own national oil companies, and are demanding an increasing slice of the pie — when they deign to share it at all. From Wordnik.com. [Big Oil, No Mojo] Reference
They disarm and bind their prisoners who beg and pray them to take now their heads; but the king's men do not will or deign to do this. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
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