contemn

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

"If you contemn my thanks, then I, poor orphan, have no other way to show my gratitude."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

You admire, but while you admire you wonder, you reprobate, you contemn.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

When we stand upon life's brink we can afford to contemn the foolish lapping of the waves.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis