look down upon
Example Sentences
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She explains that from her perspective, the solution to AI slop isn't to ban it or "look down upon AI tools," but to "prioritise and value our creative health more than generating endless content".
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
It's something you feel good about, and you don't talk about it with other people because you feel like they won't understand or that they might look down upon it.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022
We can thank golf for giving other unfashionable people something to look down upon.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022
If they are ever tempted to look down upon others, I remind them to see the face of their father on the visages of the poor.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
I know about this kind of story—the lonely look down upon the hungry; the hungry look down upon the starving.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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