Is this patronizing or meddling in someone else's business?

Her default position toward me, as an African, was a kind of patronizing, well meaning pity.

In its combined reports, the State party had used very patronizing language in referring to Roma women.

Stop consoling me, or... patronizing me, or feeling sorry for me, or whatever it is you're doing.

So, you've got to take me through like a sixth grader dub, dub, dub, dub, dub but without patronizing me.

With respect to mercenary activities, Malaysia was very concerned with the statement, if it was true, that States were patronizing the services of mercenaries for illegitimate purposes.

But the truth was that as this start becoming popular, a couple rightwing blogs and some message boards apparently found it to be a little patronizing, which I could also see.

Like Egypt s now deposed President Hosni Mubarak, al Zawahiri s tone was patronizing and condescending. If anything, the lecture underscored how out of touch Al Qaeda s senior leaders are with the spirit of the time.

Sumo, as a traditional spectacle, cannot survive without respectable patrons. But Japan s wealthiest people, such as entrepreneurs, medical doctors, and lawyers, are nowadays less willing or financially able to continue patronizing the sport, particularly since the collapse of Japan s asset bubble in the early 1990 s.

The case for returning fiscal responsibility to national authorities is also strong and not only because centralized fiscal authority has proved to be so inefficient. With citizens of distressed countries bearing the fiscal burden of the crisis, the enduring presumption that they will not act responsibly is patronizing, at best.

In 2000, Al Gore, was unable to make up his mind about which role he wished to play in his debates with George W. Bush, so he looked shifty and inauthentic, changing from arrogant to patronizing and back again. He had the better arguments, but he lost the debates (and the election) nonetheless.

Their concerns should be heard and debated and sometimes banning is best combined with renewed efforts at civic education, emphasizing, for example, that immigrants did not cause Greece s woes. True, such measures might come across as patronizing but such forms of public engagement are the only way to avoid making anti extremism look like extremism itself.

Expresses its sincerest gratitude and thanks to the Kingdom of Morocco (Seat Country) and to its Honourable Sovereign, His Majesty King Mohamed VI for kindly patronizing a number of ISESCO's activities in Morocco, for addressing lofty messages to the participants therein and for the continuous support extended by His Majesty's government to ISESCO in order to fulfill its mission in the best conditions.