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scornful

[skawrn-fuhl] / ˈskɔrn fəl /




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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 voices can be as misleading as any others.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2015

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 the emotionalism and accident in abstract expressionism, op artists know where they stand.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had Letters from Lord Monkeyman and Lady Betty Scornful assuring me that, except yourselves, there were not three human Creatures in the Place.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund




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