How to Use deign in a Sentence

deign

verb

• I wouldn't deign to answer that absurd accusation.
• The man behind the counter may or may not deign to greet you.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
• So when the universe deigned to help out, astronomers jumped at the chance.
  — Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 5 June 2018
• Maybe now the Tonys will deign to give an award for playwriting.
  — Vulture, 8 June 2023
• Brown, like Coons, did not deign to mention who was saying these things.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
• Yet these were only the fouls for which the referee deigned to blow his whistle.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
• The fact that our government would deign to try limit our rights is ridiculous.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 July 2017
• MBrown suffers us fools who deign to ask him questions about his business.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2019
• Only thinness could deliver the prize of health care providers who would deign to treat me.
  — Your Fat Friend, SELF, 1 Sep. 2020
• And what about produce that’s so eccentric that even a farmer won’t deign to consume it?
  — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
• Infantino spoke, but, as so often, did not deign to take questions.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• Some alumni of prestigious schools won’t deign to wear their own school’s gear, anyway.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2021
• But cry not for the titans of industry who deign to take on government work.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
• Toronto is one of only three cities that Sasaki has deigned to visit.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
• Of course Dimon, who fancies himself a truth-teller, did not deign to name names.
  — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 17 July 2017
• Moonlight seems to simply descend, deigning to visit us for the evening.
  — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2017
• Moonlight seems to simply descend, deigning to visit us for the evening.
  — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
• The best players deigned to have their own teams and could be happy only as the Jordans of their fiefs.
  — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 4 July 2016
• As for the why David Lynch deigned to do this, the man explained his reasoning in a tweet.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
• Crowe's unnamed protagonist doesn't even deign to speak in the opening scene.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• My sister Shannon has not deigned to discuss this – or anything else – with me in over two years.
  — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
• The Supreme Court didn’t even deign to hear his legal arguments about voter fraud.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2020
• On a match point, an accidental drop-shot serve shanked with crazy spin travelled so slowly that the speed gun did not deign to rate it.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 3 Sep. 2024
• Similarly, penguins will only deign to eat whole fish that are less than six inches in length and no more than an inch wide.
  — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2017
• Early February in Norway is no joke; the icy wind will chill your bones, even when the sun deigns to shine.
  — Joy Williams, The Dial, 3 Mar. 2026
• An empty mount later seen attached to the doorframe appears to match one deigned for a Google product.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
• Then, when the Sun finally deigns to shine on your sign, your own ruler Venus leaves you for Scorpio.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
• This has been going on for years, and every once in a while, one half of the power couple actually deigns to respond.
  — refinery29.com, 24 May 2018
• This requires a lot of time and discipline but brings no glory, which is probably why none of the male editors deign to do it.
  — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2020
• But against Arizona, no Ruunin’ Utes player or coach would deign to even think about saying that.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022