despisable

Example Sentences

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"I'm sure," said Katy, with a stiff erectness that drew Lawton back in his saddle, "no man shall ever dare to lay hands on bed of mine; it's undecent and despisable conduct."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

The' hain't nothin' more despisable than a body 'at goes meachin' around like some old sheep-stealin' houn' dog.

From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne

Mister, I don't want to hurt your feeling—but cordin' to my way o' thinkin', paintin' as you do it, an't a trade at all—it's nothin' but a darned despisable fine art!'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

"And care thrown away I may well call it; for Harvey is quite too despisable to be any sort of compensation at present."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

Anything but resentment there would have been unnatural, not to say inhuman and despisable, in a daughter.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor