How to Use dismissive in a Sentence

dismissive

adjective

• Christie, for one, was dismissive of the idea that a split field would again help Trump.
  — Shane Goldmacher, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• If the counselor is dismissive of your needs, find a new one.
  — cleveland, 2 July 2022
• The suit is dismissive of attempts to justify this as a form of fair use.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
• At the time, many fans and some scientists were dismissive.
  — Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 7 Apr. 2023
• The other, for those who have been around U.S. Soccer for decades, is a knowing nod followed by a dismissive shake of the head.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• But most of the Trump White House, cabinet and agency world was silent, or dismissive.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Both in this debate and in the past, Andreessen has been dismissive of the concerns raised by some of AI’s biggest critics.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• To many, that answer felt dismissive, as if he couldn’t be bothered to notice.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
• Asher treats him as an old friend, even as Dougie seems mostly dismissive of him.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
• Hawley was dismissive of Schmitt’s choice, pointing out that the junior senator was from the other side of the state.
  — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• In the recent interview, Mr. Suarez was dismissive of the trial.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• There is some organic growth and improvement for Heiskanen, but to chalk it all up to that would be dismissive of the work he’s done.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
• This person is too dismissive of your feelings for my taste.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2022
• Her parents are dismissive of her boyfriend, the athletic Achilles, who is all muscle and no brains.
  — A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• Williams described talking to a nurse who was dismissive of her complaint.
  — The New Yorker, 8 May 2022
• All the while, Google has tried to downplay the problem and displayed a dismissive attitude ill tuned to the gravity of its conduct.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
• But in Nuevo León, the authorities have been more dismissive of the crisis.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• The two fighters going for it Saturday have taken care not to be dismissive of it.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2023
• But in our dismissive 2011 description lies a kernel of truth.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• Or were the young male cooks too dismissive of a woman who had spent years traveling the many regions of Mexico and knew that there was more than one way to make a tamale?
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
• However, the clerk was dismissive and didn’t listen to his music.
  — Harry Levin, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
• Benioff and Weiss can sometimes come across as dismissive of fan feelings.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• Instantly dismissive, Houston throws the script into a garbage pail — but then pulls it back out when Davis adds that her co-star would be Kevin Costner.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2022
• My dad’s voice was the opposite: matter-of-fact, resigned, dismissive.
  — Stephen A. Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
• Critics have been largely dismissive of the film, which has netted a Rotten Tomatoes score of 38% from top critics.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 July 2022
• Indeed, some of the company’s public comments have been dismissive of the question.
  — Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024
• Avedon, the story goes, shot some fashion images on his own to show Brodovitch, but Brodovitch was quickly dismissive of those pictures.
  — Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023
• Barefoot Contessa is more his speed, adds his brother with a dismissive smirk.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• Two days later, Musk backtracked, with the dismissive attitude of someone who makes decisions on the fly.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• As if the humiliation of the intrusion wasn’t enough, the police response was, at best, dismissive.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2022

Last Updated: 6 May 2024