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Contemptuous
"Contemptuous" in a Sentence (14 examples)
Some artists are contemptuous of criticism.
My father is contemptuous of drunkards.
He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.
She is contemptuous of your ambition.
Most scientists are contemptuous of reports that aliens from outer space have landed on the Earth.
Tom answered with a contemptuous laugh.
Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people.
Adolf Eichmann hated rules and was contemptuous of bureaucracy.
He said it is difficult to imagine a more deliberate and contemptuous response to the authority and process of the court than displayed by the justice minister.
Romans went from being contemptuous of Jews for being one of their slave peoples to being morally outraged at Jews' sinful nature.
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I don't know that guy, but he just gave me a contemptuous look.
Sir George burst into a loud fit of contemptuous laughter.
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
Rep. Noble told GCN that she, however, had deep concern "regarding the scandalous sexual exploitation and abuse of young children by adults." Noble has called on the community to "support the efforts of the Suffolk County District Attorney's office in unraveling this contemptuous situation.
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