treat with contempt
Example Sentences
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But that which had been devoted to the god and been granted to the people as a public ornament and public property, it was not decent for any mortal to treat with contempt.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
How dare you enter a compartment reserved For Ladies Only, fill it with vile smoke, and treat with contempt the rules of our organisation department?
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
It is being overwise, to treat with contempt what mankind hold in respect: and philosophy teaches us not to extinguish our feelings, but to correct and refine them.
From A Voyage to the Moon by Tucker, George
"The daughter of the people loves truth and manly bearing, Stephen Morley; and will treat with contempt all those who slander women, whether they be nobles or serfs."
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It has got to live; that is the secret of the commonplace and even absurd books which reviewers treat with contempt, and readers buy in thousands.
From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher
