Example sentences for: dismissive

How can you use “dismissive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Dominated by their overbearing literary mother and ignored by their dismissive multimillionaire father, these virtual orphans are raised by governesses and servants.

  • Michiko Kakutani is dismissive in the New York Times , calling it a "glutinous hodgepodge of a book ...

  • Dismissive of those who have questioned America's aggressive annexation of the Southwest, he argues that opponents of annexation were dupes of Britain.

  • It attempts to avoid the stale dismissive cliché "talking heads," but sometimes, in a hurry, does refer to the breed, with simple dignity, as "the heads."

  • It is so common that many jokey and dismissive blends formed on - lish have almost become technical terms.


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