treat with contempt
Example Sentences
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Carry your head high, do not fear to meet people, and treat with contempt the jeers of the stupid and ignorant.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
It is one of those worthless untruths which I have long since learned to treat with contempt.
From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert
The production of the weapon Ryan treated, or affected to treat, with contempt.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
By the way, South Kensington has sent me some inquiry about Examinations, which I treat with contempt, as doubtless you have a duplicate.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
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 Ernest Renan
