disdained

Example Sentences

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But the nearer Manzo was to the center of traditional politics, the more he disdained them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Still, amid the delights of Mr. Koolhaas’s stair, there are reminders that he is part of the generation of Deconstructivist architects who disdained the profession’s traditional values of unity, harmony and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

Many Progressives—who tended to be middle-class white Protestants—held deep prejudices against immigrants and blacks and were so convinced of their own virtuous authority that they disdained democratic procedures.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann