scorned
Example Sentences
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There are few things more universally powerful than a mama’s boy scorned.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
In a 1991 interview, retired Chief Justice Warren Burger scorned the view that the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms belongs to individuals rather than a collective militia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Hell hath no fury like a Lily Allen scorned.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025
His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
