scornfulness
Example Sentences
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Claudio’s comrade Benedick, a sardonic bachelor, renews his “merry war” of scornfulness with the ever-disdainful Beatrice, Hero’s high-spirited cousin.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2014
Let him pay for his father's scornfulness; let her atone for her mother's disdain.
From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
"The Fall of Babylon, mother," Miss Hamilton put in with a smile, in the curves of which quivered a hint of scornfulness.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
It evoked a strong desire to mock and ape, and produced in his throat a cough of singular scornfulness, more particularly when Mr. Rusper also assisted, with an assumed unconsciousness that was all his own.
From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
He moved about with a certain scornfulness, and ordered lobster for tea off-handedly.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
