disdained

Example Sentences

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And though life off the mountain didn’t always go smoothly, he disdained regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Still, amid the delights of Mr. Koolhaas’s stair, there are reminders that he is part of the generation of Deconstructivist architects who disdained the profession’s traditional values of unity, harmony and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

In both his dress and his manner, he disdained all festivity.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein