How to Use belittle in a Sentence

belittle

verb
Definition of belittlenext
Synonyms for belittlenext
  • The critic belittled the author's work.
  • Her detractors are in the habit of belittling her accomplishments.
  • And not to belittle all of those things, but big picture?
    — Nick Kosmider, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2017
  • The first step is to avoid belittling them, Swami says.
    — Time, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Besides, he or she would not have known which 49ers’ home city to mock and belittle.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Don’t belittle or beat up on people who don’t want to wear a mask.
    — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Daisy’s mother belittled her as a child, telling her that no one wants to hear her voice.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But after nine years of his anger and belittling, Jean left.
    — Jeffrey Ann Goudie, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Throughout our years in this country it has been used to scorn and belittle us.
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • For the bookish Bäumer the finest thing that arose out of the war—and could never be belittled—was comradeship.
    — Tobias Grey, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • At work and elsewhere, there are people who bring out the worst in us, belittle us, or just bring us down.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021
  • Along the way, the women are bullied, belittled and even battered by the movie men who surround them.
    — Patty Rhule, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
  • In that role, I have been harassed, assaulted, and belittled, and had to fight harder for my place in the world.
    — Annie Tritt, Vox, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Many on both the right and left are either mocking or belittling his legacy (or his prospects over the next nine months).
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Just a few idioms belittle height, such as having your head in the clouds or looking down your nose.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Sydney spins this to mean that Maria is belittling how Madina feels, and Joey needs to know.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t belittle someone who is at least trying to make the world better.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • In 1990, that a woman in her mid-twenties would address a belittling man in this way felt startling and new.
    — Ann Powers, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
  • That freedom gives Kang the right to exercise free speech and belittle the action taken to raise our flag.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
  • Bella, who some may think drinks too much, blames and belittles herself.
    — Ashley Lee, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Nor is Iris the only victim: Her two sisters are belittled as well.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • This critique has often been used to belittle pop groups.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • When this conversation gets back to your daughter and wife, you will be belittled and blamed.
    — Ask Amy, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Instead of belittling herself over the size change, Lockwood was proud of her progress, but her agency at the time felt the opposite.
    — Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There were defensive ones, belittling ones, a screaming one and some who cared.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2018
  • At work, his boss, Mr. Carsvile, also demeaned and belittled him.
    — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Others say they were ignored by bosses, belittled by them and snubbed by them.
    — Stephanie Wang, Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Fast-food workers belittled This is far from the first time that fast-food workers have been belittled.
    — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 June 2023
  • Harris also tried to belittle Trump, which could be an attempt to chip away at his appeal among male voters.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Our view of the macro environment does not belittle systemic risks.
    — Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024

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