hold in contempt
Example Sentences
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Mr. Bannon is one of four witnesses the committee has moved to hold in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with its probe.
From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Clark is the second person the committee has voted to hold in contempt.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
If you communicate using words that your employees don't understand or hold in contempt, they cannot and will not follow you.
From Inc • Dec. 14, 2012
The most galling thing about Anglophiles, who worship a class of people that many English people hold in contempt, is that they are oblivious to what makes England great.
From Time • Apr. 28, 2011
Still I persisted in my own way, bound that whatever I did should be done thoroughly, even though he might hold in contempt my effort to be of service to him.
From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson
