Victoria Hanley

The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.

American Novelist

Jared Harris

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.

British Actor

Arnold Palmer

I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.

American Golfer

Using 'deign' suggests you think you're lowering yourself to do something not worthy of your status.

Implied Superiority

'Deign' often implies criticism or sarcasm towards the subject's attitude.

Rarely Complimentary

The word 'deign' is formal and best used in writing or formal speech.

Formal Context

 maybe she hasn't started mating again and we'll see her falling pregnant it would be nice if she did and we be also nice for this female if she then deigned in the next sort of six or to eight weeks if she had fallen pregnant from the mating and and was in this area and helping this female arts because it's

Safari Live - Day 32 PIPE...

 But it could be a disaster if your drive is deigned to eliminate the species entirely. The last worrisome thing is that the technology to do this, to genetically engineer an organism and include a gene drive, is something that basically any lab in the world can do. An undergraduate can do it.