“They falsely pretend to be impartial and independent, or patronisingly portray themselves to be the same as ordinary people.”

“For her part, Ms Mogherini is patronisingly cast as inexperienced and soft on Russia.”

“Mr Scott, he suggests patronisingly, is just a pawn for the extreme right. South Carolina's other senator, Lindsey Graham, hopes to be re-elected to his third term in November.”

“The condemnations of apartheid that were in Huddleston and Paton kept us from feeling aggrieved or patronizingly benevolent.”

“Secondly, he assumed, patronizingly, that what really bothers conservatives about government is its inefficiency.”

“This, then, was the labor to which he had so patronizingly offered his puny hands.”