contemn

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"I do not contemn them," said he, with growing emphasis; "but for such favor I wish to perform true and enduring service, and I only beg you to accept me for that service."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

You admire, but while you admire you wonder, you reprobate, you contemn.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Of course there is no harm in that, Especially As you get the ha'pennies, And far be it from me To contemn you for it.

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

Vile as these motives seem, they are too near akin to the general springs of human action for us to contemn them.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward