scorned

Example Sentences

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There are few things more universally powerful than a mama’s boy scorned.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

In England through much of the 20th century, conversion was tolerated—especially if you were creative—but sometimes scorned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

It cited the groom's "betrayal" and money - hinting at a scorned lover or property dispute - as motives.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

I thought back on the sit-ins, the protestors with their stoic faces, the ones I’d once scorned for hurling their bodies at the worst things in life.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates