look down on
Example Sentences
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Why do wealthy retirees look down on those with less savings?
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Do you look down on huge planes and boats and Beyoncé birthday parties?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
The main tone of the videos is whiny, as the hosts complain endlessly that career federal employees look down on them.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025
From the front, 108 windows that might remind you of Austin Powers look down on you.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
I’ve got to guard against the natural tendency to look down on them now that I have surpassed them.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
