contemptuousness
Example Sentences
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She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
This is arrogant moviemaking: its assumption is that the proles will buy their tickets and march unprotestingly through the fun house no matter how evident is the contemptuousness of the barkers.
From Time Magazine Archive
By a slow facial manoeuvre, Mr. Neal contrived to make his cigar look out upon the world with contemptuousness unbearable.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
There was but one way in which Diane could have put herself right with him: she could have swept the charge aside, with a serene contemptuousness of denial.
From The Inner Shrine by Basil King
There was little need for him to assume the frigid contemptuousness of Mrs. Gurley's manner: his mere presence, the very unseeingness of his gaze, inspired awe.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
