contemn
Example Sentences
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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, Americans should feel a pang in acknowledging that even in the dark article of slave laws they are surpassed by a nation which they contemn.
From A Trip to Cuba by Julia Ward Howe
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
It was the sort of thing that in ordinary dealing we denounce and even contemn, as the effort of unsolicited pretension to thrust itself against barred gates with immodest vigor.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
What right," she asked herself, "has this man to undervalue and contemn my purpose?
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
