contemn

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

What right," she asked herself, "has this man to undervalue and contemn my purpose?

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Do you my person and my gift contemn?

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

Then why must I, Who had in me a hope That rivalled Raphael's or Leonardo's, Keep, cozened so, that I contemn her shame?

From The Immortal Lure by Rice, Cale Young

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.