treat with contempt
Example Sentences
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The European cannot afford to laugh, and, if he be a sensible fellow, knows that he cannot afford to treat with contempt the opinions of the people who know.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
"The daughter of the people loves truth and manly bearing, Stephen Morley; and will treat with contempt all those who slander women, whether they be nobles or serfs."
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It has got to live; that is the secret of the commonplace and even absurd books which reviewers treat with contempt, and readers buy in thousands.
From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher
It is easy for us, who are so powerless, to call this falsehood, and, proud of our timid honesty, to treat with contempt the heroes who have accepted the battle of life under other conditions.
From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest
But it will be seen hereafter, that it is a very dangerous thing to treat with contempt the hostility of an enemy, however weak that enemy may be.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry
