scorn
Example Sentences
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At the heart of the movement, he suggested, was a scorn for the country.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Rosenior drew widespread scorn when he said Chelsea's players performed a pre-match huddle before the game against Newcastle United, farcically surrounding referee Paul Tierney in the process, to "respect the ball".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Critics come in for harsher abuse, but Mr. Ireland spreads around his comical scorn about the vanities and hypocrisies of theater folk liberally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
It was a far cry from the scorn and threats reserved for Europe by its traditional ally the United States at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
They insulted each other in print and each poured scorn on the other’s results.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing scorn
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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