disdainfully

Example Sentences

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"Some of them are really awful," he says disdainfully of previous efforts.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Simberg also referred disdainfully to a 2011 investigation by the National Science Foundation’s inspector general, which exonerated Mann, writing that it relied on information from Penn State and therefore was “not truly independent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Pink remains associated with femininity to this day—but in recent decades, groups once disdainfully branded with the color have made moves to reclaim it.

From National Geographic • Jul. 21, 2023

Channeling her pain into scorn, Mariche speaks disdainfully not only to the male schoolteacher enlisted to take notes of the session, but also to other survivors.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023

“If your mother were alive, she’d say that those who always win are going to win again,” Senator Trueba replied disdainfully.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende