scorn
Example Sentences
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The UK’s scorn for Eurovision is something Finland also used to struggle with.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Someone who has no retirement savings in middle age can, unfortunately, receive the same amount of scorn as a well-heeled retiree who has $10 million in middle age.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Critics come in for harsher abuse, but Mr. Ireland spreads around his comical scorn about the vanities and hypocrisies of theater folk liberally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“To build themselves up and deter others from challenging their power, they take others down in public, letting them know exactly where they stand and how much they scorn them.”
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
I supposed this was James, and despite my scorn for Ma’s little ploy, an involuntary tic of curiosity ran through me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing scorn
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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