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Contemptible
"Contemptible" in a Sentence (12 examples)
A man who smacks his wife around is contemptible.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Nothing is more contemptible than respect that is based on fear.
Nothing is more contemptible than respect based on fear.
It was a contemptible thing to do.
Killing people while they pray is the most contemptible thing imaginable.
Tom is a contemptible man.
Government supporters dismiss the allegations as false and contemptible.
Did you even care to read what I said, you contemptible embodiment of ignorance and intellectual destitution?
But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]
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Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield […]
And they are dangerous because when worn they make their wearer look ridiculous and contemptible to those not enthralled by the same fashion; and when their moment has passed they take up precious closet space, taunting you and making you lament of money that should have been spent on something more longevous.
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