contemn

Example Sentences

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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"

From Time Magazine Archive

If we contemn what others admire, we make ourselves odious; if we admire what they despise, we are equally ridiculous.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

Speaking contemptuously of him, I but contemn nothing.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

It seemed to her that men who play golf-croquet and watch cricket matches have no business to contemn men who risk their lives in the air.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The enemy will most certainly be put to flight if thou wilt thus contemn both him and his suggestions.

From On Union with God by Berthier, P. J.