scornfulness
Example Sentences
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Claudio’s comrade Benedick, a sardonic bachelor, renews his “merry war” of scornfulness with the ever-disdainful Beatrice, Hero’s high-spirited cousin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
Beyond this, and inspiring it all, I wait for the sad scornfulness of that smile to disappear.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
When I found out it wasn't so—that your sin did make you suffer, and that it did make a difference trying to do right—I felt some of my old Martha-ry scornfulness slipping away.
From Mary Cary "Frequently Martha" by Kate Langley Bosher
The monk trembled when he heard those words, for he knew that his scornfulness had been discovered, and he followed the Abbot in great confusion.
From A Child's Book of Saints by T. H. (Thomas Heath) Robinson
The old woman did not heed her scornfulness, but turned her eyes upon Lord Hope, whose face was already white with vague terror.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
