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Example sentences for: deigning

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But today, with the resolution of the case, the Gray Lady hikes her skirts, putting the story on the front page and deigning to mention all the tawdry details.
The Gray Lady won't show any more leg than that though, deigning not to remind the reader just what the zit was.