scornful

Example Sentences

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I imagined the guard turning around, pointing a scornful finger: “Edema! Send her back to camp!”

From Literature

He was a main outlet for scornful comments about Iran’s attackers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Administration officials have been scornful of such thinking, reflecting a fundamental shift in American foreign policy that was set out most starkly last month in a new national-security strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The politicians, socialites, and Catholic leaders present at the dinner didn’t take the joke well, but their groans weren’t nearly as scornful as the former First Lady’s reaction.

From Salon

Women she spoke with were “scornful” of her approach.

From Los Angeles Times