How To Use Dismissive In A Sentence

Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics. Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
He waved the man off dismissively and we all watched as his car clunked and rattled its way out of the parking lot.
His follow-up picture Assassin premiered at Cannes in 1997 to particularly dismissive critical opprobrium and never earned a release in the UK.

Could it be that behind the sophomoric, mischievous, dismissive, even nihilistic style, Vice is the voice of a twenty-something generation clearing the decks for a new aesthetic?
I don't remember buying it, she said with a dismissive flick of the wrist.
There is lots of humor to leaven the suspense, as Christie fans will expect, particularly in scenes where Poirot gets to trump suspects who have treated him dismissively.
It is all typical of the dismissive attitude adopted by those at the Executive who seem to think that an airy-fairy, and probably timorous, arts lobby will go away if told that everything will be all right.
Currently, the Italian-built Panthers are being finished off by BAE Systems, with the additional of a machine gun, radios and other accessories, when they will be delivered to the Army, effectively providing "battlefield limousines" for Ruperts – as officers are dismissively called – while troops are forced to patrol in dangerously vulnerable "Snatch" Land Rovers. Feeding the European fantasy
Mention "chinny" to Roach and he grins and shakes his head, bemused but also dismissive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
They were treated as nonentities by the legal and social adjudicators of British later, Australian Tasmania, allowed grudgingly to occupy land on the islands without ever being acknowledged as its owners, and referred to dismissively as “half-castes” or, vaguely, as “the Islanders.” The Song of The Dodo
Ashida had suggested the Chunnel plan with a dismissive shrug, S. CORMORANT
By this time I was literally quaking in my Reeboks, certain that at any moment the gum chewer, with a dismissive click of his fingers, would signal to those two soldiers to take me away.
She is dismissive of talk that the island is any less deserving of public support than any other community in Scotland.
In the 1920s, when Evarts Graham, the renowned surgeon in St. Louis who had pioneered the pneumonectomy the resection of the lung to remove tumors, was asked whether tobacco smoking had caused the increased incidence of lung cancer, he countered dismissively, “So has the use of nylon stockings.” The Emperor of All Maladies
You're going to get a lot of guff from readers who actually follow the link to that review and see how glibly dismissive it is.
‘What I see is a familiar pattern of awareness, but also dismissiveness,’ he says.
Why should we be so dismissive of the grammar schools selection process when most schools stream students of similar ability for science, maths etc?
Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.
Her graceful neck rises higher than the trees, like a giraffe in slow motion, her liquid eyes staring curiously, then dismissively, at the gaping humans; she returns to her grazing as if these late-model mammals were no more worthy of note than their scruffy shrewlike ancestors, with whom she shared the Earth 130 million years ago. Here Come The Dnasaurs
The same sort of dismissive attitude is evident in response to the latest findings.
Some of the e-mail messages, purloined last November, were mean-spirited, others were dismissive of contrarian views, and others revealed a timid reluctance to share data.
While I think his ethical position is, if uninteresting, unexceptionable enough, his refusal to confront the political connection Foucault makes except with such bland dismissiveness is insufficient precisely because uninteresting. Notes on 'Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality'
The Frenchman is dismissive of the idea. Times, Sunday Times
Ironically, libertarian and liberal originalists have been among the most dismissive of Justice Scalia's faint-heartedness. Howe on Slavery as Punishment and the Original Public Meaning of the 13th Amendment
He rejected in-patient treatment and was dismissive of counselling. Times, Sunday Times
Even these lordly and dismissive gestures clearly cost him something.
A dismissive gesture but to Ruth one he didn't relish doing very much.
He is a complex little monkey, dragged up in a rough part of Liverpool and both proud and dismissive of the culture in which he was raised. Times, Sunday Times
So she is understandably dismissive of the dismal gorse and whin on view outside the living room window of her Council house.
All this may turn out to be mere psychobabble, which is what the Bush crowd dismissively concluded about Oliver Stone's film. ‘Night, Not-So-Sweet Prince
Some historians have been dismissive of this argument.
Try not to let an abrupt or dismissive manner put you off seeking other help. Coping with Bulimia
He was the father of experimental science, the sharpest thinker of his time, a great debater and a dismissive polemicist.
Neilson was a remarkably generous and even-tempered person who rarely had anything critical or dismissive to say of anyone, yet there may be a trace of irritation in his tone when he hastily deals with the matter in one of his letters.
The public also can seem a bit dismissive of tsars.
George Atallah, the union's assistant executive director of external affairs, was dismissive of Batterman's remarks, saying they come from the person that effectuated a year-long lockout for the NHL. NFL attorney: Players' union wants a lockout
Several faculty whose work embodied a radical critique of culture were dismissive of the work we did.
The idea of treating other nations dismissively is toxic. The Good Fight
He is equally dismissive of suggestions that books such as his often trigger yo-yo dieting. Times, Sunday Times
Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper.
They took dismissive action after the third violation.
He is a complex little monkey, dragged up in a rough part of Liverpool and both proud and dismissive of the culture in which he was raised. Times, Sunday Times
Fueled by obedience, reveling in brute force, dismissive of weakness, the game hardly seems nimble enough to withstand the social trends that made Aliquippa feel, over the past 40 years, like some corroding edge of the American Dream. Story Pick: A town where football greats are raised
I'm dismissive because in Alsace the good GC sites have a track record of many decades or centuries for producing the best gewurz (or riesling, pinot gris, etc.). Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer
Kitsch, I decided, is art that bears a cynical or dismissive relation to life.
Try not to let an abrupt or dismissive manner put you off seeking other help. Coping with Bulimia
Regardless of his dismissive attitude towards worries about manipulation, the notion of ultimacy, and of an argument like the Source Incompatibilist Argument, Compatibilism
She saw me staring and stared back confrontationally, then dismissively turned away so that I was embarrassed for staring.
I tried explaining my feud with the waiter, but Jennifer was dismissive.
So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language. Balkinization
She tried to laugh it off dismissively, but her words seemed to pique his interest.
Rahm's tone has been pretty dismissive and foul-mouthed and downright "tone deaf" during his time in the job. Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense
He has to provide an authoritative, paternal perspective without being dismissive of the disparate viewpoints enclosed.
Ashida had suggested the Chunnel plan with a dismissive shrug, S. CORMORANT
Would she have been so dismissive if I had been a jam doughnut? The Sun
When quite modest health care reforms were introduced by New Labour in England, Scottish Labour was haughtily dismissive of them.
Not wishing to be dismissive of their efforts, this could hardly justify classing these departments and officers within the “response” category. “Response Times” Are Back SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Our favourite is sheeple, a handy if rather dismissive term for docile citizens in an age of imperilled democracy. Times, Sunday Times
The general weakness in recruitment planning is not helped by such a dismissive attitude to training for administrative functions by clubs.
When he did acknowledge her existence he talked in dismissive and unrealistic terms.
The dogs gave each other quite a wide berth, they were pretty dismissive of each other. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
Mr Jones was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies.
Some of the animosity is personal: Republicans in both chambers and K Street attorneys say Jackson and her staff are too dismissive of opposing views and other stakeholders. Wonkbook: Foreclosure mess gets criminal; liberal Dems rally behind Social Security; Arne Duncan's international school reform
Hillary grew up in this culture, so yes she was taken "aback" by these comments; you, others, and obama being so shallow minded and dismissive of someones culture and values is ignorant. obama will never be President. Geoffrey Garin: Obama's Small-Town Comments Would Damage Him In General Election -- And Super-Dels Should Consider Them
Both women opened their mouths to object, but Carl waved his hand dismissively.
THE police's dismissive attitude to domestic violence is a national disgrace. The Sun
His was an education and upbringing attuned to arts and letters and dismissive of science. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, ‘Anglo-Saxon’ continuity in dismissive irritation is as tenacious as French continuity in obstinate and distinctive ambition.
We've interpreted it for them already, often in a dismissive way. Christianity Today
Sourav Ganguly, once legendarily dismissive of spinners but now woefully out of form, was dropped by Younis Khan at silly mid-off.
His expression was nonchalant as he made a dismissive gesture. Thieves Like Us
I think you are denying the shock of this experience upon you because you speak of it in a dismissive sort of air.
Even as courts have, over the past two generations, grown more dismissive of hunches, there has been a counter-revolution in the cognitive sciences.
It avoids any kind of social comment or satirical swipe at a society obsessed by winners and dismissive of losers. Times, Sunday Times
First you get a period of moral panic, then a grudging, dismissive acceptance, and then, eventually, a recognition of cultural worth.
That is indeed an old and dismissive evolutionist argument.
It is unfair, unreasonable and ill-mannered to demean someone who has dedicated much of her career to NASA; you display remarkable ignorance in dismissively asserting that Lori Garver is a "political opportunist". It's Time To Go, Mike - NASA Watch
Pentecostals have endured more than their share of dismissive scholarship, condescending analysis, and popular disdain.
Miss Regan complained to the manager but said he was dismissive of her complaint and walked off while she was still talking to him.
Her voice was cool and dismissive.
`chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term `housewife syndrome'
And did you feel that your colleagues were being dismissive of you because of that?
Try not to let an abrupt or dismissive manner put you off seeking other help. Coping with Bulimia
Well, there's a whole continuum of agnosticism but there generally isn't the contempt or dismissiveness or ridicule (think Bill Maher's film Religulous) of religion. Michael Krasny: Just Say 'I Don't Know'
It was also very dismissive of the last two albums, which was rather narrow minded.
He is also dismissive of much contemporary theatre, primarily American. Times, Sunday Times
Yet overall, the summer school flaunted a dismissive attitude toward folk history.
Equally insulting, decided the Times of London, was Michelle Obama's "solipsistic" and "inherently dismissive" gifts to the Browns 'two little boys, Fraser and John. Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com
Reviewers were dismissive, and the play closed within a week.
The Clinton group problems, teamed with what she calls the dismissive or at best distracted air that characterized communications with the Facebook staff, fueled her fears. Sara Hebert: Facebook: Not Controlling Your Politics
After a couple of seconds he grunted, swatted a dismissive hand through the air and returned to the workbench. BEHINDLINGS
Ideology can interfere with these duties when the person you consider hiring is so dismissive of the scholarship done at the school that they are unable to engage with it constructively, or to take sincerely their duty to help hire new faculty who may not be to their taste, but would be helpful to their colleagues, or who are narrow minded in their mentorship. The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and Diversity Hiring
My favorite dismissive comment by a publisher is the one that sunk Charlotte Perkins Gilman's only mystery novel, _Unpunished_ (written in 1929): Ah, Rejection
No, it means that too many people of a certain stratum of wealth and power have a dismissive attitude towards the rule of law, and we need to fix that with more severe sanctions. Matthew Yglesias » Confirmation Trouble and Tax Reform
The country artist dismissively belittles Rose's talent, and demands that she never record another of his tunes.
Political control of the FSA is a key question for the main opposition grouping, the Syrian National Council SNC, which is based in Turkey and referred to dismissively by the regime as the "Istanbul council". Syria: attack on Homs continues as Assad talks of dialogue - Tuesday 7 February
Each dealt with the other cagily and sometimes dismissively.
When he did acknowledge her existence he talked in dismissive and unrealistic terms.
She flicked a dismissive hand at a lift and shrugged. Times, Sunday Times
The forecast evokes dismissive responses from auctioneering and estate agency spokespeople
It's much easier to be hyperbolic, or dismissive, or to give up trying to make judgments and just stick to writing lists.
Documents from early in the year suggest a casual dismissiveness of the rebellion. Inside a Flawed Spy Machine as Gadhafi's Rule Crumbled
Many use this term dismissively when they hear of anyone referring to animals as having thoughts or feelings or wishes.
Fernandez summarises their arguments dismissively.
Interviewees have thus been treated to loftily dismissive asides, barely stifled yawns and muffled harrumphs.
It is another example not only of dismissiveness of the lesser code, but insensitive timing also.
He's so dismissive of anybody else's suggestions.
Representative Cobles dismissive comments about the largest-scale American human rights violation of the twentieth century bear directly on his commitmentand his abilityto avoid another one in the twenty-first. posted by Eric 3: 27 PM | IsThatLegal?
People have talked dismissively of gimmicks but these gimmicks are going down well in my constituency.
Midpoint between dismissive and dumbstruck is the objective mindset to appreciate how pragmatic idealism shaped Federico's leadership and patronage. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
Yet despite my dismissive attitude towards apocalyptic theories and prophesies, last year's Y2K version did somewhat discomfort me.
Such a dismissive and negative view of these two giants isn't fair, of course.
No doubt, the Government's somewhat dismissive and deprecatory attitude towards those opposed to ratification succeeded in turning off a big section of the electorate.
So dismissive a judgment requires further explanation.
He listened to a Walkman and answered in a curt, dismissive tone. Times, Sunday Times
That dismissiveness is broken, every now and again, with a word (or, more commonly, and internal monologue) about his unspoken respect. Your Mileage May Vary | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
That sort of dismissive attitude to a woman in pain and terror is shameful. The Sun
Is that just a teeny-weeny bit… well, dismissive?
Despite the dismissive tone of voice, a serious expression crossed her face.
He denied the trust had been dismissive towards Mr Blackbird and his family.
He did the donkey work and the dirty work, and sat back dismissively as his country, or rather its patrician rulers, disowned him.
Woodward, you can also gather, wouldn't have been so dismissive if England had been on the receiving end.
But eye-rolling arrogance toward those who support a given idea is not reasoned critique - and religious discourse is filled with examples of people on all sides who allow dismissive arrogance* to cloud their judgment. BlogHer
Don't be dismissive, however, as there is a large choice of starters, main courses and desserts.
A woman helping her around the house dismissively told her: "You're not sick - you don't look sick."
The first was the significance of a climate in which every participant is guaranteed a hearing; some people were dismissive of the 'indaba' process, the method of organising group discussion in units manageable enough for everyone to speak, without pressure to produce an agreed statement – but the importance of this became apparent, if I may hazard a rather sharp judgement, in the light of how some other aspects of the Conference worked. Archbishop's Presidential Address
When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me, I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness.
Coming from someone with such a powerful position in journalism, this represents a remarkable level of dismissiveness towards the way millions and millions of people prefer to consume news these days. Bill Keller's wrongheaded attack on HuffPo
Sparks just waved his hand dismissively as she strolled into his bedroom, running a hand through her frizzled hair.
The answers range from the dismissive and the trite to the droll and unexpectedly sincere.
Dismissive of such assertions, Mexicans argued that even if Texas were independent, its southern boundary must be the Nueces River. Between War and Peace
He is permanently monosyllabic unless the subject happens to be narrow-gauge North American railways, and he never uses a word where a silent, dismissive glare would do.
And now, when many of its previous supporters have abandoned it in favour of implied rights theory, I find myself hating it just as much as ever, with a cold, dismissive detestation.
He can be extremely peremptory and dismissive at a seminar, disallowing questions that he thinks can divert the drift of the discourse or introduce an inappropriate idiom into it.
Even raising the issue draws derisive and dismissive responses.
He listened to a Walkman and answered in a curt, dismissive tone. Times, Sunday Times
Do so, and the crowd goes wild; fail, and you face the dismissive jibes of the throwdown commentator. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes it's every bit as hard-edged and engaging as you might imagine, elbowing its way right up to the forefront of your consciousness, demanding you re-assess your scandalously dismissive attitude toward fusion.
He is dismissive of the tyranny of email, pagers and mobile phones.
Activists had to encounter an initially dismissive public, hostile populist politicians, excoriation by religious fundamentalists and the slow wheels of government.
Several faculty whose work embodied a radical critique of culture were dismissive of the work we did.
The sceptical scribe answered in the negative; Palmer was annoyed at the dismissive response.
Her voice was cool and dismissive.
The plutocratic autocracy that is the White House has been imperiously dismissive of America's Constitutional systems of checks and balances, attempting to govern by executive fiat.
Once again, another dismissive missive from the Clinton campaign. Clinton advisor blames strategy disagreements, money for loss
Mr. Krupp made a dismissive wave of his hand, as if to quiet his wife.
Airy dismissiveness can be an effective weapon.
Cassel, for his part, spotted former SAG president Melissa Gilbert, a mod-erate, and, standing at the mic, referred to her dismissively. Jonathan Handel: SAG-AFTRA Ratify Advertising Agreement; SAG Townhall Features Fireworks
And thinking back, it seems that the ladies present weren't quite so dismissive as their menfolk and some were unashamedly enthusiastic.
That's what I call a nonchalant dismissive attitude that we can all aspire to. BSNYC Product Review: Look 566 Road Bicycle
He throws a hand up dismissively. The Sun
Dragila, who has won every honour possible in her event, also earned the ungrudging respect of the six times men's champion, who had previously been dismissive of the fledgling women's event.
The dismissive manner in which he approached the issue of ‘contributions’ eventually spurred a political storm which led to his ouster in what effectively was a constitutional coup.
Their dismissive attitude was surprising. Times, Sunday Times
The dismissive reaction of the Catholic Church spokesman - ‘God save us from nutcases like this’ - turned public opinion to her side.
The sceptical scribe answered in the negative; Palmer was annoyed at the dismissive response.
they took dismissive action after the third violation
Around the globe, the King of Pop's supporters are already scanning headlines and airwaves for stories that contain inaccuracies about the singer's life, brand him a pedophile or describe him by the dismissive moniker "Jacko. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The balance between being either overly nostalgic or dismissive of the past.
Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.
But I do think that the fascination, condemnation, and dismissiveness of a lot of the talk about it speaks to the misogyny of our culture.
He also makes himself seem arrogant and dismissive of reasoned argument.
Asked what she thinks about the state of contemporary literature, she says, dismissively, "Who knows?"
It avoids any kind of social comment or satirical swipe at a society obsessed by winners and dismissive of losers. Times, Sunday Times
a dismissive shrug
He was dismissive of his television work, saying it had paid the rent and bought the groceries, and was now behind him.
But when he outlined what had happened she was dismissive, unbelieving, and ultimately angry. THE SCAR
He is, sadly, also rather dismissive of the butter dish. Times, Sunday Times
The wonder is that most of the Cabinet seems supremely oblivious - or dismissive.
Perhaps this is why she is dismissive when her performance is talked about in terms of Golden Globes, Oscars and Baftas.
They shake their heads a bit dismissively at our pitiful pace.
On the contrary, I see unending contempt for heroes around him, and a regular dismissiveness in his dealings with him. Your Mileage May Vary | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
And while I've been quite vocal in my dismissiveness about graphic design's power to save the world, I briefly found renewed hope yesterday in this feisty, if frustrating campaign season.
JC Flowers' attitude is oddly dismissive. Times, Sunday Times
It shocking to see how ignorant and dismissive of the arts scientists can be.
Obama "dismissively" referred-in a "tone laced with contempt" - to the late progressive and populist U.S. Holding Progressive Things Together
Do so, and the crowd goes wild; fail, and you face the dismissive jibes of the throwdown commentator. Times, Sunday Times
I found myself speaking to a different person: ice cold, uncaring, dismissive.
KURTZ: If we're going to talk about CBS, Frank Rich, as part of the liberal media, certainly Jonah seems to enthusiastically endorse that description, do you think the same standards aren't being applied, for example, to Fox News, which in your column last week you called, kind of dismissively, just GOP TV? CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2004
His literary criticism, often intemperate, was cruelly dismissive of his fellow Irish writers.
Mr Jones was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies.
Speaking that way, kind of dismissively, gives the Democrats a bit of an opening, I think. CNN Transcript May 6, 2001
I think the dismissive way people have been dealt with is a disgrace.
What he dismissively called 'Greek' and 'German' would today be categorized as Byzantine and Gothic art.
The dismissive attitude was previously the star quality of the north.
The toothbrush is a prop used by one an auditioner who, we're sorry to report, was only dismissively bad - not interestingly bad. 'American Idol': Season 10, episode 3
I told downtown about 'em," Coe said dismissively, meaning, she supposed, the INS. The Stone Monkey
The teacher asks the questions; the pupil supplies the answer; the teacher makes a confirming or dismissive comment or gesture.
This dismissive treatment of local residents by the council is disgraceful.
He wanted us to see through Brian O’Nolan and his hard-boiled Dublin dismissiveness, to see beyond the local legend of wasted talent. The Last Laugh
The affable John Southworth registers his discontent mildly yet emphatically, his soft British accent shading the offending phrase with the damning taint of dismissiveness.
She is dismissive of talk that the island is any less deserving of public support than any other community in Scotland.
She showed him which ones, but he didn't seem all too anguished about it, for he gave her a dismissive wave.
You've been dismissive of the idea of work-life balance. Times, Sunday Times
Both Dodge and Hollis were sceptical of the worth of intervention and dismissive towards the coalition.
Political correctness may have been originally intended as a mild antidote to prejudice, a mouth-wash to rinse away some of the more dismissive expressions with which we impugn one another.
He is a complex little monkey, dragged up in a rough part of Liverpool and both proud and dismissive of the culture in which he was raised. Times, Sunday Times
The president abhors dissent and is totally dismissive not only of dissenters, but also of the people's right to dissent.

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