despisable

Example Sentences

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"And then you will be despisable," said the housekeeper bitterly.

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

Them clothes of yourn is plum despisable to look at," he imparted, "so I borrowed an outfit offen a friend of mine that's about your size.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

But still, just to seer all ther places,    When they're gethred raand th' harston at neet, Fill'd wi six roosy-red, smilin' faces;    It's nooan a despisable seet.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

"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

"I wouldn't humble myself to speak to such a despisable man."

From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson