contempt
Example Sentences
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Schiltz had ordered ICE chief Todd Lyons to appear in court Friday and threatened to hold him in contempt unless the Ecuadorean was freed.
He turns as I enter, taking in my windblown hair and muddy trousers and shaking his head with contempt.
From Literature
He watched, his contempt spilling over, calculating whether I was worth competing for.
From Los Angeles Times
Men filter out what they perceive as contempt for struggling economically.
To which Miller retorted with equal contempt, ‘You certainly did, Major. But tell me one thing: are you flying the same planes you flew in the last war, too?’
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
