look down on
Example Sentences
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Why do wealthy retirees look down on others?
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Those who wince at the idea of a blue-collar career change don’t necessarily look down on people who work with their hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
It's likely that you have not heard of Taiwan's Hong Fu Industrial Group, but look down on a busy street and you may well see its products.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 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
Probably Mrs. Willard's simultaneous interpreter would be short and ugly and I would come to look down on him in the end the way I looked down on Buddy Willard.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
