contemn

Example Sentences

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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Fear not, dear Major Frankfort; you may pity me as unfortunate, and contemn me as weak, but you will not have occasion to condemn.

From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet

Crafty men," he says, "contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

From Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification by Bradlaugh, Charles

Perhaps it was due to perseverance having been rewarded and to having gained a lodging that, hungry though they were, they began to contemn their supply of bread.

From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville

What right," she asked herself, "has this man to undervalue and contemn my purpose?

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar