treat with contempt
Example Sentences
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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
To "lightlie" is to despise or treat with contempt.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He was impatient at any opposition, and disposed to treat with contempt the advice of others.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund
"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 is being overwise, to treat with contempt what mankind hold in respect: and philosophy teaches us not to extinguish our feelings, but to correct and refine them.
From A Voyage to the Moon by Tucker, George
