disdain
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College taught me to investigate the “great” composers who mattered and disdain those of no value.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
Another point in Europe’s favor is that international investors view the region much like Bessent does, with indifference if not disdain.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 9, 2026
Taylor has never hidden her disdain for the circus of fight-week theatre, preferring the sanctuary of the gym.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Our expectation of fairness and our disdain for cheaters, expressed in laws across human cultures, can be traced to social primates—evidence that our sense of justice has deep evolutionary foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 24, 2026
Instead I loathed her pride, her lies, and her disdain of me when I should have despised myself for lying to Gertrude.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 1, 2026
With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 15, 2026
Sandra Angelloz is another producer who disdains Reblochon's "garnish" status.
From Salon β Dec. 13, 2022
Saturday seemed one of those days that disdains guile, cunning or disguise.
From Washington Post β Dec. 10, 2022
Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
And though life off the mountain didn’t always go smoothly, he disdained regret.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 8, 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 β Dec. 27, 2025
Thomas Jefferson disdained the “artificial aristocracy” that marked governments before our own.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 17, 2025
He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
How does a young woman go from disdaining weapons to designing them?
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 7, 2025
Stutzman, who was widely quoted during the 2016 campaign disdaining the GOP front-runner, recalls spotting Bera that year at a French restaurant in downtown Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 2, 2023
But China remains hunkered down in its own nuclear bunker, disdaining U.S. invitations to discuss strategic stability.
From Washington Post β Apr. 25, 2023
Though “Vs.” is more of a reverse Kafka, with the witnesses disdaining the court’s authority.
From New York Times β Aug. 1, 2021
But I grew angry at the thought of the three men disdaining Cristiana.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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