contemptuousness
Example Sentences
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She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
This is arrogant moviemaking: its assumption is that the proles will buy their tickets and march unprotestingly through the fun house no matter how evident is the contemptuousness of the barkers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I do not know what another person would have done, but at this point I gave up; that cast-iron indifference, that tranquil contemptuousness, conquered me, and I struck my colors.
From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 by Mark Twain
There was little need for him to assume the frigid contemptuousness of Mrs. Gurley's manner: his mere presence, the very unseeingness of his gaze, inspired awe.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
His brother was moved to no little mirth, but did not indulge in such savage contemptuousness as distinguished the narrator.
From Denzil Quarrier by George Gissing
