in low esteem
Example Sentences
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When he began his tenure as U.N. secretary-general on Jan. 1, 1982, he was a little-known Peruvian who was a compromise candidate at a time when the United Nations was held in low esteem.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2020
So it's no surprise that he holds the press in low esteem.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2018
Puns are widely held in low esteem, a justifiable consideration.
From Economist ● Aug. 10, 2017
It was here that he had suffered some of life’s early humiliations: taunted by classmates for his apparent dimwittedness; held in low esteem by his teachers.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2016
There are some who give their friends trouble by imagining that they are held in low esteem, which, however, is not apt to be the case except with those who think meanly of themselves.
From De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
