scornful
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Scornful and indignant, Eric Church — the most accessible of country music’s contemporary heretics — begins his new single, “Stick That in Your Country Song,” with an image of a decayed America:
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020
Scornful of the internet interlopers, the Alien Research Center in nearby Hiko, Nevada, decided to host its own Area 51 event the same weekend – for serious ufologists.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019
Scornful chants from Congolese fans began as Sierra Leone headed toward the stadium and did not cease until the match ended, the players said.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
Scornful of theoretical and impractical farm methods, he liked to take his classes out to working farms, to say "Here is the farm, here is the farmer, and here are the facts."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Writing December 27, 1665, he says— “By coach to the King’s Playhouse, and there saw ‘The Scornful Lady’ well acted: Doll Common doing Abigail most excellently.”
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
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