scornfulness
Example Sentences
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Claudio’s comrade Benedick, a sardonic bachelor, renews his “merry war” of scornfulness with the ever-disdainful Beatrice, Hero’s high-spirited cousin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
Her face set itself in resolute lines, her voice had a cold scornfulness in it.
From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
The old woman did not heed her scornfulness, but turned her eyes upon Lord Hope, whose face was already white with vague terror.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Even Jed Tighe read the little sheet every week, in spite of his alleged scornfulness.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
It evoked a strong desire to mock and ape, and produced in his throat a cough of singular scornfulness, more particularly when Mr. Rusper also assisted, with an assumed unconsciousness that was all his own.
From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
