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
He had no great aptitude for war and was held in low esteem by the Kentuckians of his command—hungry, mutinous, and disgusted men, who were counting the days before their enlistments should expire.
From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
