despisable

Example Sentences

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Anything but resentment there would have been unnatural, not to say inhuman and despisable, in a daughter.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

"A peddler without goods and without money is sure to be despisable."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

I'd never think any harm of you, and I'd never be so despisable as to take away any woman's character.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"I wouldn't humble myself to speak to such a despisable man."

From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson

No, Father; no man shall ever say I failed to respond to the call of my Prince, despisable though I believe him to be.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John