| 单词 | contemptible |
| 例句 | They could not understand, they said, how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Although the CLA has been responsible for many contemptible activities in its support of American imperialism, I cannot lay my capture at their door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few times, even, flowery bouquets had been laid at these contemptible monuments commemorating a death or deaths which had not yet occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom found these people cowards and, therefore, more contemptible than the desperadoes who risked their lives to hold up a train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He did not retain it very long, for two things made him hated and contemptible. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z For, I cannot adequately express what pain it gave me to think that Estella should show any favour to a contemptible, clumsy, sulky booby, so very far below the average. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Is it true that the Modegan nobility regard haggling as a contemptible activity for those of any highborn station?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Luther Martin, on the other hand, came out against the Constitution on the grounds that the protections afforded slavery render us contemptible to every true friend of liberty in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I do not wish to discuss Heliogabalus or Macrinus or Julian, who were immediately wiped out since they were universally contemptible. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z If, therefore, by accident I propose something which is not contemptible, you have every right to claim it for yourself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I finished by telling him that he was a contemptible man without honor, and that if he ever repeated those same words I would not hold myself back as I had that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare across my room at the rose wallpaper, the eyelet curtains, the yellowing photographs so familiar they are nearly contemptible. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Among the other bad effects it brings with it, being unarmed makes you contemptible. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams described the story as "reprehensible," "contemptible," and "revolting." Motherlode Blog: An Interview with Dara-Lynn Weiss, Who Put Her 7-Year-Old on a Diet, and Wrote a Book About It. 2013-01-15T14:07:08Z He can be arrogant and cruel, and he will eventually do contemptible things to Trishna, but just because he’s the villain in this story doesn’t make him inhuman. Pick of the week: “Trishna” rebukes Bollywood 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z He also acts like a Soviet-era potentate, repressing dissidents, jailing rivals and casting the United States as a contemptible enemy. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Mike Ballard, you could argue, is an artist who is either contemptible, or brave, or both. Coat-stealing isn't art, Mike Ballard 2010-10-10T21:30:00Z “That whole industry is really considered superficial, frivolous and contemptible,” she said. Marilyn Minter, an Artist Who Resonates and Repels 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z She’s fascinated with the grotesquerie and garishness of new money, watching from a clinical remove as her subjects expose the most tacky, contemptible, pathetic sides of themselves. 'She's an unreliable narrator': Lauren Greenfield on her Imelda Marcos documentary 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Fired up, as ever, with total enthusiasm for the next book, I immediately wrote UoW off as contemptible dross not worth bothering about. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-08-03T21:55:05Z “He discarded from consideration the cheap and contemptible comic valentine,” The Times reported, and instead spoke of “missives that are sometimes treasured for life” and that “looked, perhaps, remotely forward to a wedding.” Valentines, Vengeful and Comic, Through an Antique Lens 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It is clear that many words once deemed contemptible are now standard. Author, author: Henry Hitchings on neologisms 2011-02-05T00:05:32Z The students find the whole idea of the writer as a gifted truth-teller — as a kind of god — contemptible. For the Love of a Dog 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z On the television show “At the Movies” the film critic Gene Siskel called the movie one of the “most contemptible” films he’d ever seen. Ho, Ho, Homicide: Killer Santa Is Back in ‘Silent Night’ 2012-11-25T01:00:06Z It’s an act more contemptible than actually offending the restaurant owners in the first place: It’s willful waste disguised as human kindness. The one thing about being a food critic that fills me with shame 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The mayor is diverting public funds for a cathedral while proffering a large dowry to marry his 11-year-old daughter to a baron’s contemptible son. The Art of Animated Reality: Walerian Borowczyk and Jacques Demy 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z When Raviga votes to force a sale of Pied Piper to a “contemptible” suitor, Richard ultimately approves the deal, defeated but ethically sound. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Finale: An Empire Built on Quicksand 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The bullying that that show once frequently welcomed was contemptible, but even the most clueless contestants must have had some inkling of what was in store for them. Movie Review: Bobcat Goldthwait?s Film Satire ?God Bless America? 2012-05-10T21:56:10Z Perhaps it is simply impossible for a critic to be anything other than ironically contemptible in fictional terms. Ouch, Jesse Eisenberg! What did we film critics ever do to you … ? 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He is equally contemptible and charming, with appropriately fluid body language that serves him well in his solos of survival and ambition, which are the musical’s most memorable numbers. Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Unable to continue and unwilling to face the embarrassment and bankruptcy that await him if he turns back, he devises a contemptible third option that will finally prove even more ruinous. ‘The Mercy’ Review: Sailing Around the World, or Maybe Not 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Despite the character’s bulldozing vulgarity and contemptible bullying, a contradictory human empathy sustains. Paper Giants: Magazine Wars - TV review 2013-06-02T15:04:00Z The one scene that embodies the sixties onscreen is, to my mind, among the most contemptible scenes in recent movies. “First Man,” Reviewed: Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong Bio-Pic Is an Accidental Right-Wing Fetish Object 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In many ways, Day for Night is similar to Godard's Contempt, and Truffaut does admit the suspicion that cinema and especially Hollywood is contemptible: mendacious, infantilised and corrupt. Day for Night ? review 2011-02-17T22:24:00Z The team's owner, Donald Sterling, may be the most contemptible exec in all of sports, notorious for refusing to spend enough to build a winning franchise. Why Sports in LA Are in Disarray 2011-04-22T09:00:00Z Mavis is electrified with a new project: she will return to her hometown, with all its pathetic contemptible losers, and break up her ex’s marriage – because they are clearly fated to be together. Charlize Theron's 20 best film roles – ranked! 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Pierre L’Enfant, the city’s onetime architect, peered at what remained of his creation and called it “a mere contemptible hamlet.” Book World: ‘Empire of Mud,’ by J.D. Dickey Whatever natural gentlemanly aura Bettany typically capitalizes upon is absent in Ian, who he makes a contemptible, unfeeling brute as soon as his amorous wiles achieve their purpose. Amazon's gloomy "A Very British Scandal" divorce tale starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z But the performing arts can deliver high-flying bankers who are at once contemptible and deeply sympathetic. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z Yet the talent to please is by no means a contemptible one. DVD: New on Video, ?Strike? and the Works of Dirk Bogarde 2011-08-27T03:43:02Z The star here, as the contemptible titular monarch, is a very impressive Bob Frazer — whose Richard literally is the "bottled spider" his detractors decry. Get thee to Vancouver, B.C., for Bard on the Beach 2011-09-07T20:33:06Z They feature Americans who are almost always fourth-rate or below, engaged in enterprises which, if not contemptible, are at least insane. Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Compared to virilitas, mere or “basic” manliness was a little contemptible. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Heel of Fortune: Yet another reality show in which a bunch of rich twits compete to see who is the most contemptible. Style Invitational Week 1316: Lies, damn lies, with statistics — a fake-trivia contest 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Separately and together, they are as seductive as they are contemptible, and experts at revealing only what they want the beholder to see. The enduring seduction of “Dangerous Liaisons” on stage, film and now TV 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The pagan pomposity of Larsson's thugs, their Wagnerian self-importance, their magazines called Valhalla and White Rebel or their racist music company named "Ragnarcock Records", are surely both contemptible and comic. The Expo Files by Stieg Larsson? review 2012-05-18T21:54:01Z In the current political and moral climate, it is nice to know that Dante held cupidity – the desire for wealth – to be one of the most contemptible sins. Nicholas Lezard on Dante 2013-05-09T08:45:00Z W. H. Auden considered him as a human being utterly contemptible. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z In Omaha, we watched his on-the-lam persona, Gene Takavic, devolve into what might have been the most contemptible version of his character we have ever seen. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Andrew Jackson, “idol of the riffraff,” the “contemptible, drunken scoundrel,” as Con calls him early on, is about to become the next president. Review: ‘Touch of the Poet’ is a Powerful Study in Toxic Pride 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes, people just confirm the saying that "You may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters he often bestows it." Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z I know our romance must seem illicit and contemptible to other ignorant souls in this unenlightened world. ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: Letters of Love and Not 2014-02-10T03:00:57Z And so many people are now famous for being famous, she might now seem more venerable pioneer than contemptible fly-by-night. Who Is Paris Hilton, Really? 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z "This is a pact of cowards and the most contemptible and preposterous zigzag in Israel's political history," Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich was quoted as saying in the media, where commentators hailed Netanyahu's political prowess. Netanyahu surprise gives Israel grand coalition 2012-05-08T12:15:11Z “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Perspective | Ask Amy: Former stoner struggles with sobriety 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z People took to social media to denounce it and him as misogynistic, condescending and contemptible. How the dusty old op-ed pages became the red-hot outrage-generating machine of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z I have been impersonated and harassed online for nearly eight years, living alongside contemptible caricatures of myself as rendered by an obsessed, mentally ill stalker. My online impostor: When that Facebook profile isn’t you 2014-04-01T23:00:00Z Constitutions apart, it is only a citizen-wide "mockery" of the contemptible NRA, and its reactions to the Newtown murders, which will eventually bring the necessary change. Letters: Sacred text and satire 2012-12-25T21:00:03Z Why saturate the show in potentially contemptible upper-class cues and easy signifiers of coastal elitism? Perspective | In telling a Jewish story, there’s sublime (‘Transparent’) and then there’s trite (‘9JKL’) 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z A Boy and His Dog takes place in the aftermath of nuclear war, as a young man scavenges for food with a dog of contemptible character. The most disturbing talking animals in film – ranked! 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z She told the jury that Ms Murphy’s attacker told "contemptible lies that he was trying to save the life of Ashling Murphy". Ashling Murphy: Jozef Puska guilty of murdering teacher jogging by canal 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z If there’s anything more contemptible than being a villain, it’s being an accomplice — less guilty than the former, but also less compelling, confident and strong. The ‘Never-Again Trumper’ sham | Bret Stephens 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The Conservative Party has complained to the Evening Standard about its "contemptible" front-page coverage of the selection of Susan Hall as the Tory candidate to be London's mayor. Evening Standard front page of mayoral candidate a mockery, say Tories 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The subsidy demanded from Las Vegas by Major League Baseball and A’s owner John Fisher, whose parents founded The Gap and who has a net worth estimated at $2.2 billion, would be contemptible enough. Column: Here's how the billionaire owner of the Oakland A's is planning to rip off two cities at once 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z You can’t, except to say that bias is not just contemptible; it is profoundly dumb. Perspective | NFL owners have a problem hiring coaches: They’re lousy at it 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The various other black and brown conservatives who are summoned up by the right to play their onerous roles are contemptible and, yes, perhaps even "entertaining" in their own horrible way. The limited usefulness of Black conservatives 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Slavik’s legal complaint doesn’t hold back: “Tesla’s conduct was despicable, and so contemptible that it would be looked down upon and despised by ordinary decent people.” Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Misleading her while you indulge yourself is contemptible. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Update to ‘cringey’ wedding ring hurts wife’s feelings 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Omar Cairo, a constitutional lawyer who considered the impeachment vote illegal and has been sympathetic to Mr. Castillo’s position, said, “Congress is still contemptible, but what Castillo has done is a manifest coup d’état.” Peru’s President, Facing Impeachment, Says He Will Dissolve Congress 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “Whatever his political future,” he wrote in June, Representative Kevin McCarthy — who will most likely be the next speaker of the House — “will be remembered as his generation’s most pathetic, unprincipled and contemptible political figure.” Michael J. Gerson, Presidential Speechwriter and Columnist, Dies at 58 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Or the media's amazement that Trump turns out to be an ignorant, mendacious and contemptible person. Whatever the hell happens in this election, let's commit to facing the truth 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and contemptible manipulation of energy prices has only reinforced the importance of ending our dependence on fossil fuels," Sunak said in a statement issued by his office. UK PM Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z One of them was Tim Carpenter-Balmer, who said "MPs have effectively said the membership are contemptible and if I hung around I would be agreeing with them". Tory members vent fury at Rishi Sunak’s coronation by MPs 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Racial segregation of schools was contemptible for two principal reasons: It stigmatized Black students while encouraging White supremacy, and it often condemned Black students to an inferior education. Opinion | Kansas City still suffers the failures of school desegregation experiments 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z But to Arbus, who began as a fashion photographer, the various forms our denial takes were not contemptible. Review | Diane Arbus was accused of exploiting ‘freaks.’ We misunderstood her art. 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z In a social media post on Thursday, Hui described the sentence and criminal proceedings against him as "contemptible". Self-exiled Hong Kong democrat sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail in absentia 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world,” he said, and “I have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.” All Republicans are now terrorists 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Those comforting lies were always cowardly, now they are just contemptible. "White life" and the fascist movement: Hey, at least they're telling us the truth 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Whatever his political future, McCarthy will be remembered as his generation’s most pathetic, unprincipled and contemptible political figure. Opinion | History will accept only one Jan. 6 narrative. This committee has it. 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z It explains the administration’s contemptible pettiness in persecuting charter schools with punitive regulations intended to be crippling. Opinion | Biden has a tawdry new scheme to cripple charter schools 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It doesn’t matter where on the political spectrum Americans reside, we see the Russian invasion of Ukraine as contemptible. Russian leadership: ‘The anti-example’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Are you one of those “nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible” people “holding a dagger to America’s throat” if you believe in school choice and the self-evident reality of parental rights? All Republicans are now terrorists 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z President Wilson declared: “A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, has rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Will the contemptible, unprecedented behavior of Mr. Trump in refusing, for more than a year now, to accept the results of an election be accepted by the former president’s cowed and confused party? Opinion | Recent presidential history gives us little reason to relax on Presidents’ Day 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 22 that allowing minorities to overrule the majority would cause “tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible compromises of the public good.” Perspective | Five myths about the filibuster 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "This desecration at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park is morally wrong. Disturbing final resting places is contemptible, criminal and will not be tolerated," State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci said in a Friday statement. Pennsylvania man accused of stealing, burning wreaths from Maryland cemetery to 'save the earth' 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Our nation’s elites are hell-bent on completely restructuring the socio-political context of our country, and in their zeal, they are labeling anyone who challenges them a “dangerous, contemptible, terrorist.” All Republicans are now terrorists 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Hospitality Ulster had called the lack of detail around financial support "contemptible", while Belfast Chamber said it was "unforgivable". Covid-19: Support agreed for hospitality hit by new rules 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Hospitality Ulster called the lack of detail around financial support "contemptible", while Belfast Chamber said it was "unforgivable". Covid-19: Businesses appeal for help amid new restrictions 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z We don't trust them and we don't trust ourselves, because we know how corruptible and contemptible most media companies are. Joe Biden still believes — but in the face of deepening cynicism, is that enough? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer has previously said the prime minister's actions over the last few weeks have been "corrupt and contemptible". Boris Johnson admits he could have handled Owen Paterson row 'better' 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, the Labour leader accused Mr Johnson of "corrupt and contemptible" behaviour in trying to "protect" Mr Paterson. Owen Paterson: MPs to debate standards reform following row 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Labour's campaign coordinator Jack Cunningham was outraged and used an appearance in the Commons to denounce what he called "contemptible tactics of gratuitous abuse, innuendo and vilification". Ashok Kumar: Teesside's gentle, tenacious and respected pioneer 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z "Announcing business closure without financial support is contemptible and shows no consideration for staff and business owners." Covid-19: Businesses appeal for help amid new restrictions 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose every uttered thought is slavishly followed by his fan base, could have shut down this contemptible uproar. Column: Tesla's aggressiveness is endangering people, as well as the cause of good government 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is forced to resign because of horrific emails between him and former Washington Football Team president Bruce Allen full of racist, homophobic, misogynistic and contemptible content … and that’s it? LOVERRO: It’s high time Goodell and the NFL came clean on Snyder, Allen 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “It’s the idea that France used to be extremely powerful and influential, and that the France of today is insignificant and contemptible. It’s obviously a narrative that can be questioned for a number of reasons.” An Uncomfortable Question in France: Are We Still a Great Power? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Plaid Cymru criticised the Welsh Labour government for spending public money on "this contemptible event". London arms fair DSEI attended by Welsh government 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Now he is mischaracterizing her death as a “murder” with the contemptible goal of rewriting the history of Jan. 6. Opinion | Every lost life on Jan. 6 should be mourned. But the rioters on Jan. 6 were not heroes or martyrs. 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Hard to argue against the contempt they have for their audience, when their audience is driven by such contemptible impulses. Fox News treats its viewers as fools with latest vaccine disinformation campaign 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z "Ignoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one's intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice," they wrote. Democrats scramble to mend intraparty riff after Rep. Ilhan Omar accuses colleagues of "harassment" 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “Ignoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one’s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice,” they wrote. Jewish House Democrats, Rep. Omar tangle anew over Israel 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “Ignoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one’s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.” Ilhan Omar’s anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric opens rift in House Democratic Caucus 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z And that is what makes his reversion to sycophancy so contemptible. Opinion | Meet Kevin McCarthy, political hollow man 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z What I found fascinating about him when I interviewed him when he was out of jail and I did a bunch of stuff on FOXBusiness.com ... is just how he was somewhat contemptible of his victims. Bernie Madoff death caps unbelievably tragic 'mixed story': Gasparino 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z “I found myself constantly Googling information while reading Oreo. For example, do you know what a schmendrick is? It’s an ineffectual foolish or contemptible person in Yiddish,” Gerald Ross said. Philly author’s 1974 novel long ignored, now celebrated 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The day after its UK broadcast, Morgan said he did not believe her, adding that "the fact that she's fired up this onslaught against our Royal Family I think is contemptible". Piers Morgan's Meghan comments break Ofcom complaints record 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z "The fact that she's fired up this onslaught against our Royal Family I think is contemptible." Piers Morgan criticised by mental health charity over Meghan comments 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z To simply ignore they ever existed is contemptible. Letters: Should more blame be on Les Snead for Goff situation? 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z But Trump is in a contemptible class by himself in the way he has used this power. Editorial Roundup: US 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Amerian, now a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, called Cardona’s actions “despicable” and “so vile, base or contemptible” that they would be “looked down on and despised by reasonable people.” 'Justified' or 'despicable'? The twisted tale of an LAPD excessive force case 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z He told a Wall Street Journal opinion columnist that by focusing solely on indictments, the political class excuses other contemptible behavior. Barr Leaves a Legacy Defined by Trump 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z What is it about Brahms that gives us permission to get along and thus makes him such a welcome counterbalancing icon for our contemptible, divisive culture? Please, can we all listen to some Brahms and learn to get along 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The other Confederates among the 10 Congress targeted are similarly contemptible. Opinion | Let Trump try to defend racist, traitorous Confederates. Congress can still prevail. 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z “The Illusionist” star called Trump’s actions a “contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault” on the stability of the country and its institutions, and that’s when he put it lightly. 'Call his bluff': Edward Norton lays out poker-style Trump analysis we never expected 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z What happened on that garage is contemptible, and we should loudly rebuke the message of the swastika. Editorial Roundup: TX 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z In his classic essay, "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell attributes the explosion of euphemism in political debate and journalism to the morally contemptible project of "defending the indefensible." America's crimes against humanity aren't on the ballot this year — but they should be 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Sectarianism is a highly moralized political identity that views the other side as contemptible. Why Hatred and 'Othering' of Political Foes Has Spiked to Extreme Levels 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z None illustrates this contemptible transformation more vividly than Osman Kavala, who last week was charged with espionage and attempting to overthrow the government. Opinion | Erdogan’s crackpot charges against a harmless activist show how low Turkey has sunk 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z According to this ideology, mask-wearing — and perhaps all forms of caring for other people — is feminine, and hence a contemptible quality in a man. Perspective | Trump obsesses over ‘dominating’ covid-19 because he wants to look manly 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z What Trump makes is suckers, and whatever else spills out of that perpetually open mouth, the subtext is always the same: Losing makes you contemptible. Review: How Reagan and the finance bros gave us Trump 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The larger his national popular vote margin of defeat, the more his predictable sore-loser whining will seem not just contemptible but risible. Opinion | America’s domestic tranquility depends on us administering the 2020 election right 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Marshal -- said that the comparison she made was contemptible. Andrew McCarthy blasts Pelosi's 'Stormtroopers' comment about federal agents: 'It's despicable demagoguery' 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z In a contemptible display of selfishness and desperation, she just wants a fight. Perspective | Kelly Loeffler chose pandering over principle, and WNBA players won’t forget 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z These soldiers are stained forever by the contemptible actions of a ratings-obsessed president. We asked veterans to respond to The Post’s reporting on Clint Lorance and his platoon. Here’s what they said. 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “He’s contemptible, there’s no doubt about that. But at this point, let’s solve our problems by going to the polls and voting on Election Day,” Pelosi said. Pick for top NY prosecutor won’t withdraw from Trump matters 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z He said that those tasked with making decisions at the corporation were “cowardly and gutless and contemptible”. John Cleese attacks 'stupid' removal of Fawlty Towers episode 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z And you know it is contemptible when a president, with his nation on edge as civil unrest spreads, can do nothing but threaten, divide and incite. Opinion | Republican senators, it’s not too late to help save your country 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Zimmer: People try to deflect from weak arguments by accusing their opponents of being contemptible. Will the Nature-Nurture Debate Ever End? 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z These measures, and others, are contemptible on their own terms. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z "He cared more about getting his name on the check than about your need for it. He’s worse than contemptible." Trump's name to appear on coronavirus stimulus checks sent to Americans: report 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Commentators today have drawn parallels between the responses of Athenians - ranging from the heroic to the contemptible - and those of valiant NHS staff and scared panic-buyers today. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z What’s most contemptible about those who suggest exposing the population to the ravages of a novel virus is that most of them think they’re exempt. Column: Amazingly, politicians are debating which matters more -- your health or the stock market 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z All that said, there are very strong reasons to close the schools, particularly given the federal government’s contemptible failure to rapidly provide testing to track the paths of the virus. Opinion | New York Schools Close 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z There’s no small measure of contemptible hypocrisy to be found there, considering that lynchings largely went unprosecuted in the South for decades. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z But the commonality of the practice did not make it any less contemptible to critics. Did Bloomberg buy the debate crowd? $1,750+ ticket prices for South Carolina debate spark outrage 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z And no one is easier to hate than a contemptible version of oneself. John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “These contemptible governments are waiting to bring the Iranian nation to its knees,” Khamenei said. Isolated Iran leader lashes out at Europe as nations join US in ramping up pressure 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Stepped-up attacks against U.S. assets conveniently located in next-door Iraq, such as the Dec. 27 rocket attack that killed an American contractor, were contemptible and inexcusable — but predictable. Opinion | Welcome to Trump’s war 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Left-wing rebellion is always seen as illegitimate, perverse and contemptible, and must be crushed. A New Year's resolution for Democrats: To win in 2020, get the f**k over 2016 already 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Attempting to bribe a foreign leader to acquire gossip against a political opponent is contemptible, and worthy of punishment that includes removal from office. After the Afghanistan Papers, a big question: Will America ever give up its love affair with war? 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z But these contemptible qualities and behaviors are exactly why so many of his followers are so attracted to him. It's a very bad week for Donald Trump — but he remains a dangerous foe 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In Trump’s worldview, nothing is more contemptible than weakness — which he defines as vulnerability and self-restraint in the face of provocation. Opinion | Trump has adopted the coward’s conception of heroism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Let us first dispense with the contemptible notion that Weger was framed or somehow is blameless in the triple murder. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Those who put loyalty to Trump above their duty to the United States are contemptible. Trump's impeachment shows US officials at their best and his allies at their worst | Robert Reich 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Anonymous decries the “contemptible Washington parlor game” of guessing that identity and insists that the name is secret so the focus can be on the substance of the message, not on the messenger. Review | Profiles in Thinking About Courage: inside ‘A Warning’ by Anonymous 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But The Process remains an irrevocably corrupt, contaminated, contemptible entity, and it will never be rewarded. Perspective | From La La Land to half of a dynamic duo, here’s a look at the NBA season 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z His proper name would become a common noun, a contemptible exclamation and novel profanity. Review | P.T. Barnum, the showman and grifter who held up a funhouse mirror to America 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The same will be true for Johnson, his allies and all those who voted for his contemptible deal. We marched with hope but few expectations. Yet history will side with us | Will Hutton 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the book demonstrates that gatherings of disingenuous, backstabbing, contemptible, often bumbling people can be devastatingly successful when interests align. Review | Inside the unscrupulous world of social-media manipulation with a penitent whistleblower 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Viewed more broadly, the US’s contemptible retreat, and Turkey’s illegal land-grab, represent the final, miserable collapse of western policy in Syria. The US withdrawal from northern Syria creates the perfect conditions for war crimes | Simon Tisdall 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Collins argued that his behavior was “contemptible or utterly unworthy of the great office he holds,” but not grounds for removal from office. Impeachment prospect worries Senate Republicans from swing states, and could endanger GOP majority 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It portrays the president’s political opponents and the mainstream media as contemptible and corrupt persecutors, blinded by hatred and their failure to bring him down so far. ‘Everything You’re Seeing Is Deception’: How Right-Wing Media Talks About Impeachment 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z After Tracy’s murder and the contemptible way it was reported in the press, I started seeing it everywhere. Rape is not 'sex', and 'broken hearts' don't cause murder. Women are dying – and language matters 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z He argued that the students around him thought they were open-minded, but it was a contemptible “openness of indifference.” Review | A Yale professor frets about a waning aristocracy 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z That type is all they see, and that type is contemptible. Opinion | Hate Is So Much Bigger Than Trump 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Collaery described the allegation of a conspiracy between him as his former client as “contemptible.” Australian spy to plead guilty in East Timor bugging case 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “To compare the Labour leader and Labour party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular,” a Labour party spokesman said. Corbyn sacks shadow Brexit minister for ‘Hitler in the bunker’ comment 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He added: "To compare the Labour leader and Labour Party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular." Labour peers consider Corbyn no-confidence vote 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z A Labour spokesman said Baroness Hayter's comparison of Mr Corbyn's team with the Nazi regime was "truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular". Labour peer sacked for Corbyn 'bunker' comment 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z This is contemptible, but in no way unique – there is an abundance of dubious clinics worldwide promising the impossible at eye-watering prices. How to survive the fake news about cancer 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z He said that Johnson had thrown Darroch under the bus and that Johnson was guilty of “contemptible negligence”. MPs condemn Boris Johnson for his 'despicable act of cowardice' over ambassador – live news 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z "It was pretty contemptible and not in the interests of the country he is trying to lead." Will Darroch row affect the Tory leadership race? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Our access to a decent hoagie vanished in one contemptible weekend, unless you had a flight to catch at Reagan National. Review | Grazie Grazie is the second coming of Taylor Gourmet, only better 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Oberlin College has an admirable liberal past and a contemptible progressive present that will devalue its degrees far into the future. Opinion | Oberlin College had an admirable liberal past. Now, it’s a disgrace. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Trump’s incessant lying and increasingly contemptible coarseness are as reprehensible as was President Richard M. Nixon’s surreptitious criminality. Opinion | Impeachment would be a debacle 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z While the risk of backfire if they do impeach is real, the risk of looking like contemptible cowards if they don't is also very real. Why are the Democrats so reluctant to impeach Trump? There's a theory about that 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Though he was not accused of any crime, his ethical choices were contemptible, putting the football program over victims and ultimately hurting everyone involved as well as Baylor itself. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The letter said the “tone, language and actions of the sergeant on the scene was also contemptible.” Montgomery police say they need more time to provide details of n-word incident 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z If it takes a “contemptible person” to do these things, too bad there aren’t more of them. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Show a more accurate picture of Venezuela 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Then again, it’s hard to be in contempt of a Congress that is so blazingly contemptible all on its own. It's painfully clear: today's Congress wouldn't have impeached Richard Nixon | Richard Wolffe 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z “They put an offer to me that was sort of contemptible,” Banks said. The Chaotic Triumph of Arron Banks, the “Bad Boy of Brexit” 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Doubtless that failure to heed what Simpson called Iran’s “contemptible behaviour” did not go unnoticed by the tyrants in Tehran. Iran’s threats to BBC Persian staff must be confronted 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The contemptible colonials at least gave us an easy means of communicating with one another, preventing a Tower of Babel situation on the continent. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z We are so inured to the president's contemptible behavior that such reports elicit a moment of shock and then fade into the next shameful utterance and we all move on. Bill Barr remains a big mystery: Protect Bob Mueller or shield Donald Trump's crimes? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Make no mistake, your crime was contemptible, invidious and loathsome,” Gorton said. Massachusetts man gets 10 years in prison for hospital cyberattack 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z There is nothing more contemptible than a home truth that isn’t true. Men prefer younger women not for their firmer bodies – but their greater admiration | Zoe Williams 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z He used to listen and weep with emotion, then he would take off his black leather belt and order her to flog him; contemptible creatures such as he was deserved no pity. “All Rivers” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The boaster, he said, “claims more than he has” and is “a contemptible sort of fellow” but “seems futile rather than bad.” Opinion | Why Does Paul Manafort Lie? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z As well as being morally contemptible, of course, this is also a complete impossibility. Let’s be honest about what’s really driving Brexit: bigotry | Matthew d’Ancona 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z As an actual human player in the real world of American politics, however — assuming for the moment that anything about that world is real — Paul Ryan is pretty much contemptible. No tears for Paul Ryan: On the short, unhappy tenure of the worst House speaker ever 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The Daily Mirror believes the case raises serious questions for Justice Secretary David Gauke, calling his initial refusal to intervene when the Parole Board decided to release Worboys "contemptible". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Durkin, athletic director Damon Evans and school president Wallace Loh to cut the cord connected to this contemptible chapter of Maryland sports? LOVERRO: Regents’ decision on Durkin will define their legacies 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z While she clearly has a valid point in saying Trump should be investigated for his numerous alleged instances of sexual misconduct, such overt what-about-ism is contemptible. How long will Democrats keep on letting Hillary Clinton dominate the party? 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The offensive part is not ‘being compared to disabled people’ because disabled people are contemptible. Rachel McKinnon, transgender cyclist, calls out ‘bigots’ after winning female world championship 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z That was a reference to how the Taliban have already made a propaganda point of the American occupation, and would most likely view a wave of American-backed mercenary forces as even more contemptible. As Afghanistan Frays, Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Everywhere 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In a long and pointed response calling the allegations “totally false and contemptible,” he noted that Mr. Dominguez and Ms. Haber had been students together, and that she frequently talked about sex. Allegations of Drug Sales and Sexual Misconduct Made Against Professors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Bolton rejected the very idea that it could inspire any good, simultaneously exaggerating the power of the I.C.C. as an ominous global colossus and belittling it as a puny contemptible farce. What Is John Bolton’s Bully-Pulpit Attack on the International Criminal Court Really About? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The word louse refers to unpleasant or contemptible people. Alaska town seeks to remove ‘Lousetown’ nickname from code 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It both lets the author see her private “I” more clearly and helps her escape it when “her own contemptible identity,” in Laing’s sharp phrase, becomes too claustrophobic. Olivia Laing’s “Crudo” Is Made from the Raw Material of the Present 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z So how is it that after the predictably outrageous press conference he held with Putin we find ourselves expressing shock and surprise – yet again -- at Trump’s contemptible behavior? Nothing Donald Trump did in Helsinki was a surprise: Can we dial back the outrage and get to work? 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z As to your other question, I guess it seems to me that some things are so low or evil or contemptible that they barely deserve a name. Fiction by Zadie Smith: “Now More Than Ever” 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z This affront to our nation’s capital is contemptible. Opinion | Republicans on the Hill just thumbed their noses at D.C. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Yes, Trump is a contemptible misogynist, an anti-Muslim bigot, a scapegoater of migrants, a man whose administration separates screaming children from their parents and locks them in cages. Protest against what Donald Trump represents, not who he is | Owen Jones 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Making a movie that's based on some of the most intimate, vulnerable and contemptible moments of your life is an ambitious undertaking — even more so if its cast includes your own dog. ‘Boundaries’ director Shana Feste has a message for male critics about her dogs, dad and pot movie 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z I believe in the common good and paying for it, but this process is not just unfair, it’s contemptible. Waterfront park: The game is rigged 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Sentencing her, Judge Michael Grieve QC said her offences were "callous and contemptible, indeed disgusting". Grenfell fire 'widow' jailed for fraud 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z And to do this on the holiest day on the Christian calendar is just the latest example of what a contemptible hypocrite the president is. Opinion | On DACA, Trump crossed a line 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z As contemptible as Assad is, there is no sign that a better figure is waiting in the wings. Opinion | Can North Korea Trust Us? 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “This White House has been contemptible about security,” Mr. Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, said. Richard Blumenthal: Democrats need to release their memo to refute Republican claims for the record 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Sometimes I wonder if these White House aides, certainly contemptible in their own right, do such outrageous things as a way to hopefully extricate themselves from Donald Trump's lair. Kelly Says He’s Willing to Resign as Abuse Scandal Roils White House 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But even by Trump’s standards, the current administration’s behaviour is contemptible. As Vladimir Putin steals the Russian election, our leaders are shamefully silent | Simon Tisdall 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The Giants have had a contemptible, humiliating season, with much blame to go around. With Eli Manning Decision, the Giants Invite Shame 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Leaders who are personally corrupted and seemingly get away with contemptible behavior have tremendous influence on other leaders and influential persons. California Editorial Rdp 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z But second, in the cesspool from which he crept, both the accusations and Moore's contemptible actions are marks of honor, and will galvanize his base both energetically and financially. Opinion | Jesus’ Parents and Roy Moore’s Gall 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Rabbi Abraham Cooper, of Jewish human rights organisation The Simon Wiesenthal Center, told news agency AP: "Everything about it is wrong. It's hard to find words for how contemptible it is. "The background is disgusting. 'Selfie' Hitler removed from museum 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z “Everything about it is wrong. It’s hard to find words for how contemptible it is,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the center. Indonesia selfie museum stirs outrage with Nazi display 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “Forgiveness is for losers. God can forgive them, but we shall hold them in contemptible judgment for eternity!” Christ Church looks down on George Washington, Robert E. Lee 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z And that is why Spacey’s statement is so utterly contemptible. How dare you, Kevin Spacey? You’ve fuelled a vicious lie about gay men | Owen Jones 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Party leaders were especially contemptible in Trump’s eyes. Opinion | Faster, Steve Bannon. Kill! Kill! 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Do you remember what monstrous, contemptible or demonstrably false thing Donald Trump said one year ago? The Trump Fog Machine rolls on 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Like this is contemptible that he has all this and has all this privilege. Mike White on the pathetic and the privilege in 'Brad's Status' 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Both sides were contemptible, yet there were individual moments of grace. “The Deuce”, a skilful drama on the evolution of the sex trade 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z His footnote provides a witty coda: “By each of his concubines, the younger Gordian left three or four children. His literary productions were by no means contemptible.” The 100 best nonfiction books: No 83 – The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1776-1788) 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z There is still a real danger that this contemptible bill, which according to the Congressional Budget Office would lead to 22 million Americans becoming uninsured, will still become law. The battles ahead: Meet the biggest opponents of single-payer 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z But the politicians and officials forcing through this reckless, arrogant gamble – now, they really are contemptible. How power operates in modern Britain: with absolute contempt | Aditya Chakrabortty 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Let's not forget that Sessions is a great friend and ally of Steve Bannon's, and therefore comfortable with the lowest and most contemptible view of the nature and purpose of political power. Opinion | The Mortification of Jeff Sessions 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z “Everyone gets judged in terms of helping or hurting Trump. Whatever Mueller does, half of the country will call him courageous and half will call him contemptible. We just don’t know which half is which.” For Trump, the ‘Cloud’ Just Grew That Much Darker 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Far-right leader Marine Le Pen called it “contemptible.” Dismay, anger in France at vandalism of De Gaulle’s tomb 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “That doesn’t turn her into a contemptible person, like they would like to make her and other women out to be.” Mexican officials enrage women by suggesting a young victim's lifestyle was responsible for her violent death 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z A subtle U.S. policy would recognize the need for U.S.-Philippine cooperation without endorsing the contemptible offenses of the current president. Opinion | Trump embraces yet another strongman 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Of the many moral issues that have beset Americans since November, one of the most nagging is that of the once beloved relative who appears at the Thanksgiving table spouting contemptible ideas. America’s Most Political Food 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Children can be, and frequently are, awful, vile, contemptible and vicious, along with many other things that I cannot put in a family newspaper. Bravo, Sesame Street, your character with autism will erode ignorance | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most contemptible stunt Democrats ever pulled to denigrate the military in hopes of scoring political points was trotting out the Gold Star parents of Capt. Humayun Khan at last summer’s Democratic convention. Democrats can’t hide their contempt for military 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z J. Alex Halderman says “the content of these emails is contemptible” and it takes “very little technical sophistication” to forge a sender’s email address. Authorities investigate racist emails to Michigan students 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z The pain of leftists is not only intellectually contemptible but actively enjoyable. The best way to counter the far right? Know the enemy | Hari Kunzru 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Hamilton was no apologist for Jefferson, whose politics were “tinctured with fanaticism,” and who was “a contemptible hypocrite.” Hamilton helped elect his rival to keep an ‘unruly Tyrant’ from the presidency. If only . . . 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z What kind of contemptible individual mixes horror with vindication? Don’t let our response to Ankara and Berlin be the one terrorists wish for | Owen Jones 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z “Your attempt to pre-ordain the result by including the name of only a single candidate on the ballot is contemptible,” Mr. Schaitberger said in a response. Keith Ellison privately vows to relinquish seat in Congress in bid for DNC chairmanship 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The D.C. attorney general’s office devoted every means and tax dollar at its disposal to defend contemptible D.C. bureaucrats and ethically challenged politicians. The District blacklisted an honorable public servant. Now, he is finally getting the justice he deserves. 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Its chairman, Julian Lewis, said such "contemptible fantasists" need to be deterred. The 'Walter Mittys': Why do some people pose as heroes? - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z In all, I find him to be contemptible and a national embarrassment. Yes, I am “thankful” for Donald Trump on Thanksgiving — and here’s why you should be, too 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z There’s part of it that I find really contemptible. Jarett Kobek: ‘The internet has been enormously detrimental to society’ 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Instead, it is a ratings machine, and it is beyond contemptible. All noise, no sense: Alfred Hitchcock explains James Comey, the media and 2016’s MacGuffin 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z This is the most troubling - and contemptible - statement made in this story. Critics Say North Carolina Is Curbing Black Vote. Again. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z It is simply childish to trust this contemptible parody of a father figure. The self-refuting idea that America needs Donald Trump as a savior 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Two men bombed me and then shot up my spine with tommy guns, the contemptible, bicycling plutocrats—Heil Hitler!” Anthropoid Historical Adviser on Why the True Story Matters 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z In the absence of a clearly delineated hierarchy, we determine where we belong by looking above, at those we resent, and below, at those we find contemptible. White Plight? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The spectacle of Angela Davis at the Brooklyn Museum was partly ironical, partly contemptible. Angela Davis and Radical Chic 2016 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z “The police use contemptible means, such as making up stories, fabricating facts, issuing threats, etc., against us.” 27 years on, Chinese moms of Tiananmen victims vow to fight 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Chief executive Stewart Regan said the Scottish Football Association was "appalled by the scenes of disorder and the contemptible behaviour" following the cup final. Pitch invasion as Hibs beat Rangers to win Scottish Cup - BBC News 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “Iran’s treatment of Amir Hekmati was utterly contemptible,” his attorney, Scott Gilbert, said in a statement. Former US marine Amir Hekmati sues Iran for abuse he endured in prison 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z But we’ll get back to his gambling properties later — first, let’s look at the remarkable support he is getting from the sports world’s most contemptible characters. Who supports Donald Trump? Oh, just John Daly, Bobby Knight and Mike Tyson. 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is receiving hosannas for his takedown Wednesday of Bernie Sanders, in which he rapped the presidential candidate’s views on corporate America as “uninformed,” “contemptible,” and “wrong”—among other things. Bernie’s Spinal Surgery on CEOs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. McAdam also called Mr. Sanders’s rhetoric “contemptible,” publishing a detailed rebuttal. Verizon’s Political Strike 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “The senator’s uninformed views are, in a word, contemptible,” he wrote in a blog post. Why tens of thousands of workers, from Verizon to McDonald’s, are walking off the job Thursday 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In a statement posted to LinkedIn, he called Sanders' comments "uninformed" and "contemptible" while pushing back on the senator's claims that Verizon doesn't pay its fair share in taxes and hoards its profits. Sanders Joins Striking Verizon Workers on the N.Y. Picket Line 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Hours after Sen. Bernard Sanders joined striking Verizon workers on the picket line, the company’s CEO fired back and said the Vermont senator’s views on U.S. corporations and the broader American economy are “contemptible.” Verizon CEO: Bernie Sanders’ views ‘contemptible’ 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Is there a more contemptible rag in the English-speaking world than the Sydney Daily Telegraph? Australian University Says the English 'Invaded' Australia 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And it is contemptible for journalists to invite a dishonest politician to lecture them in this way. Commentator in Chief 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z "It's contemptible," said Bill Donohue of the Catholic League, who stopped marching last year. New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off Thursday, with hopes of closing a long chapter of controversy over including gays in the largest and oldest U.S. celebration of Irish heritage 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Rarely has an admired figure done anything so cunning, cruel and contemptible. Here's Who Donald Trump Would Be in the Bible 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “The senator’s uninformed views are, in a word, contemptible,” Mr. McAdam said. Verizon CEO: Bernie Sanders’ views ‘contemptible’ 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Pelosi called the Republican position on the court opening “so disdainful and so contemptible” and said that Mr. Reid was the person to fight it. For Harry Reid, the Supreme Court Vacancy Offers One Last Fight 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z What’s particularly contemptible is Mr. Trump’s attempt to rationalize the thuggery as an understandable outgrowth of his followers’ angst. Donald Trump’s spur to violence 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Stipulating all of that, Lewandowski's, Trump's and the campaign's reaction to the incident is still revolting and bespeaks a contemptible character. Misogynistic Thuggery 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “The man is deplorable, contemptible,” he wrote to me. Ted Cruz is the Zodiac killer: the anatomy of a meme gone rogue 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z “They are making this just an Irish parade, not a Catholic parade. It’s contemptible.” New York City mayor ends boycott of St Patrick's Day parade as gay ban dropped 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Because the only thing more contemptible than allowing your repressed fears to put you in a state of denial is continuing to do nothing while embracing that fear, straight-up. These guys let Trump happen: Why you can blame the cowardly GOP establishment for The Donald’s rise 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z This group therapy approach renders poor black people an illegible “urban underclass,” either inscrutable or contemptible. Hillary Clinton’s cynical race appeals: The revenge of neoliberal identity politics 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Looking back, what was normal yesterday often proves repulsive and contemptible today. Worship in the House of Latter Day Gladiators 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Blank-faced Eve, though, delivers her lines with an almost contemptible deadness. Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins star in the ludicrous 'Misconduct' 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z I find her current assertions that “we must lead” to avoid a vacuum a tired, nonsensical, altogether contemptible trope. Bernie Sanders and David Brooks, both wrong: This year of Fox News and Donald Trump-fueled rage can’t be fixed by any candidate 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Lord Janner told the House of Commons in 1991 that this man's allegations against him were "disgraceful, contemptible and totally untrue". Lord Janner 'abused 12 at children's homes' - BBC News 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And the suspect was all of one piece: amiable, entertaining, self-absorbed and contemptible — but consistently so. To Catch a Rapist 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z District Judge Liam McNally said courts must be "careful not to criminalize speech which, however contemptible, is no more than offensive. It is not the task of criminal law to censor offensive utterances." 'No more than offensive': Belfast evangelist acquitted of preaching hate against Muslims 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Anti-Semitism is a vile and contemptible form of group-hatred, but violence done against one minority should never be downplayed because there is greater violence against another minority. Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The prime minister hit back, accusing his rival of making contemptible allegations. Spain election: PM Rajoy's rival picks corruption fight - BBC News 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z We live in a world, in a country, where women who want to end their pregnancies are considered contemptible. Abortion by wire coat hanger is not a thing of the past in America | Jessica Valenti 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr Corbyn's office described this as "a contemptible slur" and Labour and SNP MPs urged him to apologise during the Commons debate on military intervention. Nicky Morgan defends PM's 'terrorist sympathisers' comment - BBC News 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said they were a "contemptible slur" and showed the prime minister was losing the argument. Syria vote: MPs to decide whether to bomb IS targets - BBC News 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Post Editor Martin Baron said Mr. Rezaian’s conviction was “an outrageous injustice” that resulted from a “contemptible” judicial process. U.S. Detects Flurry of Iranian Hacking 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z A visibly irate prime minister condemned his accusations as "contemptible and mean-spirited", pointing to recent reforms aimed at combating political corruption as well as Spain's first transparency law. Spain election: PM Rajoy's rival picks corruption fight - BBC News 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Only a fool would suggest otherwise; only the contemptible would make a threat. Football Bigger Than Baseball? Who Cares 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z The thrill of staring into the abyss is exciting until it becomes, as it did in my case, contemptible.” America: Land of lushes 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Before describing the disciplinary options that were available to us, we want to state unequivocally that Professor Marcy’s conduct, as determined by the investigation, was contemptible and inexcusable. Geoffrey Marcy, prominent astronomer, resigns academic position after sexual harassment judgement 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Martin Baron, executive editor of The Post, called the guilty verdict “an outrageous injustice” and “contemptible.” Iranian media says Post correspondent Jason Rezaian convicted 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The Washington Post’s editor, Martin Baron, called the guilty verdict “an outrageous injustice” and “contemptible”. Jason Rezaian conviction: 'outrageous injustice' at center of Iranian power struggle 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Whether he’s an exemplar of patient fortitude or of contemptible cowardice, Assange, 44, has managed to frustrate the British and Swedish governments by immuring himself within the embassy, which is treated as Ecuadorean territory. WikiLeaks' Julian Assange: still wanted, no longer so hunted 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z But let’s back up for a minute and give a full-reckoning of what is, all snarking aside, just the latest example of “The O’Reilly Factor’s” longstanding and contemptible treatment of homeless Americans. Bill O’Reilly latest despicable stunt: Shaming a homeless man on national TV 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Coleridge, denouncing “a contemptible democratical oligarchy of glib economists”, asked: “Is the increasing number of wealthy individuals that which ought to be understood by the wealth of the nation?” How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Into the bin, at last, with that contemptible “axis of evil” rubbish Bush II forced the Western alliance to pretend to take seriously. Unraveling the axis of stupid: How Iran deal sends neocons, exceptionalists and Fox News xenophobes to dustbin of history 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The Post’s executive editor, Martin Baron, urged the court to open the trial to public scrutiny and denounced the “contemptible prosecution” of Rezaian. Lawyer: Trial of Post reporter held in Iran set to begin next week 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z For that reason, it’s a poor principle, adopted in some civilised countries, to imprison the deniers of the Holocaust or the Armenian massacres, however contemptible they might be. Ian McEwan to Grads: Defend Free Speech 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The scholar-warrior may lapse into a far more contemptible figure: the scholar for hire, who sells his name and his title for cash. Did Laurence Tribe Sell Out? 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z "Racist speech is constitutionally protected, just as is expression of other contemptible ideas," he wrote,"and universities may not discipline students based on their speech." University of Oklahoma Condemns Fraternity for Racist Video 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z In announcing the sentence, which also included a fine that amounted to less than $2,000, Judge Amanda Woodcock told Ms. Law that her behavior was contemptible, Radio Television Hong Kong reported. Hong Kong Woman Sentenced to 6 Years for Abusing Indonesian Maid 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Rifkind, a former foreign minister and one of his party's most senior lawmakers, called the allegations against him "contemptible." Lobbying sting costs UK lawmaker top security watchdog role 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z “As regards the allegations of Channel 4 and The Daily Telegraph, I find them contemptible and will not comment further at this time,” he said. British Lawmaker Accused of Influence Peddling Steps Down as Intelligence Panel Chairman 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s the shrugging admiration of satire, of course, but neither Ben Abbes nor his government seems meant to be seen as contemptible, the way the French who assist them certainly are. Michel Houellebecq’s Francophobia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The award is presented by The Washington Times to highlight particularly contemptible examples of wasted tax dollars. Golden Hammer: Army Corps dumps $7M into defective Afghan plant 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The New York Herald considered James Polk “ridiculous, contemptible and forlorn” — and Polk was the candidate whom the Herald endorsed. Fred Hiatt: Lessons of Lincoln’s press war 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z In a statement, Israel’s top diplomat called the Palestinian assertions about the use of excessive force “contemptible” and “baseless.” Dispute emerges over cause of prominent Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein’s death 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z "While we don't have a precise motive yet in last night's contemptible attack, one thing is clear—we need greater security for our Jewish institutions." Video Captures Confrontation After Brooklyn Synagogue Stabbing It’s contemptible and self-serving, but at least it’s a holistic kind of historiography. The war on high-school history classes is a whole new level of dumb 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z President Obama's lackluster leadership on this humanitarian crisis is utterly contemptible. A Feeble Response to Ebola 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The White House has also released a statement saying: "The President is the father of two daughters. "And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society. Wife of Ray Rice defends her husband who hit her 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama "believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society." Wife of ex-NFL player Ray Rice rips media for elevator video backlash 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “The President is the father of two daughters. And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society,” the White House said in a statement. Chorus for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to quit grows louder 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Earnest says that Obama, as an American and the father of two daughters, believes domestic violence is “contemptible and unacceptable.” Obama decries domestic violence after Rice cut 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Based on the behavior you describe, the manager's interests are adverse to the association that employs her and this attorney's professional judgment is contemptible. Association director alleges conspiracy by attorney, manager 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z This was not unreasonable; but the threatening way it negotiated, the craven way England and Australia accommodated it, and the resulting impoverishment of Pakistan, New Zealand and other poorer cricket nations were contemptible. The great game 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But use a plural verb in reference to practices: His politics are contemptible.” Bright Passages 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z I wish that more influential people were using their talents to try to push back the pot-legalization pendulum because morally contemptible choices are being made. Moral voices need against gambling, marijuana legalization That left Kenny only able to claim the Chaser boys had shown him to be, in the words of the judge, “a contemptible person”. Chris Kenny: ‘I’ll be remembered as the journalist called a dog f**ker who stood up for his rights’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z And only a contemptible idiot sees war as a good time. Game of Thrones Close-Up: A Chicken in Every Pot 2014-04-07T13:06:56Z Some of this goes to America’s fundamentalist streak, no less contemptible than Iran’s. Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times’ foreign coverage be trusted at all? 2014-01-16T12:45:00Z I believe that the Syrian government’s crimes are contemptible and pose a national security threat to the United States. A Vet’s Case for Striking Syria 2013-09-10T08:45:00Z The idea, however, that the good figures for gross domestic product in the second quarter constitute a justification of the coalition's leeching approach to the economy is laughable, indeed contemptible. Lynton Crosby has trapped Miliband on a sticky wicket over union policy 2013-07-28T08:02:00Z But in this world it is a new example of an enduring, egregious hypocrisy. When the odd musician or writer ostracizes Israel, it is contemptible enough. Viewpoint: Stephen Hawking's Israel Boycott Is Lost in Space 2013-05-13T11:05:27Z There’s the implication that counting pennies is the act of the weak, contemptible, and dishonest—as Tyrion says, a Lannister scion is someone who spends money, not manages it. Game of Thrones Watch: On the Money 2013-04-15T11:00:00Z “I will not be brought down by that tart” expresses the vast gulf between two positions in society, the contemptible weakness of one and the invincible security of the other. The Profumo Affair, Revisited 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z There was a contemptible servility about the visitors, who arrived without a win in five matches and lapsed too readily into the role of subordinates. Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Sunderland 2013-03-09T17:07:59Z British housing statistics published last week indicated a similar contemptible polarisation under way here. The growing wealth gap is unsustainable 2013-02-03T00:07:07Z But in France, hateful statements like this are more than contemptible. In praise of Vallaud-Belkacem, or why not to tolerate hate speech on Twitter 2013-01-02T13:00:01Z What Lanza apparently did was contemptible and unforgivable, and it would be better to ignore him and focus on the bigger picture. How America’s toxic culture breeds mass murder 2012-12-15T17:00:00Z This version repudiates any psychological or psychiatric element to the extent that psychiatry is viewed as a contemptible discipline, which, by association, denigrates psychiatric patients. John Maddox prize 2012-11-07T18:20:10.703Z Offering contemporary art is much more promising – and for that reason the selection made by Costco is far more contemptible. Costco Is Now Selling Matisse. Why Not Take On Gagosian Gallery? 2012-10-10T17:00:26Z It was, he said, a "contemptible piece of work" and he deplored the deaths which occurred in the riots which it provoked across the Muslim world. Freedom of internet must be protected by governments, says William Hague 2012-10-04T11:40:26Z He said the group agreed they should not urge Mr Assange to leave the embassy as that would make them "mercenary and contemptible individuals". Assange bail cash ruling delayed 2012-10-03T17:32:49Z Mr. Romney has sought to taint the centerpiece of Mr. Obama’s security record, the killing of Osama bin Laden, calling White House disclosures about the raid in Pakistan “contemptible.” National Security Leaks Lead to F.B.I. Hunt and News Chill 2012-08-02T01:13:05Z “This conduct is contemptible,” Mr. Romney said of leaks for which he blames the administration. Romney Blasts Security Leaks as an Obama Betrayal 2012-07-25T02:17:00Z Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars' national conference in Reno, Nevada, Mr Romney said the leaks were "contemptible" and demanded an investigation. VIDEO: White House leaks 'contemptible' 2012-07-24T19:53:03Z This paper by their actions has inflicted more pain and suffering on them and the decision to print these images is utterly contemptible. McGuinness to discuss body photos 2012-07-16T21:20:35Z Such behaviour is contemptible, indefensible and not in the least funny. You're calling that a troll? Are you winding me up? 2012-06-12T16:56:32Z At least not unless Seattle gets another NBA franchise only to lose it in an even more cynical fashion to an ownership group that includes a moneyman even more contemptible than Aubrey McClendon. What kind of NBA fan roots for the Heat? An ex-Sonics fan, that's who 2012-06-12T02:07:03Z To be reserved and caitiff in goodness is the sordidest piece of covetousness, and more contemptible than pecuniary Avarice. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z They--even such contemptible beings as they--are said to have the audacity to neglect untitled merit, and to truckle to the aristocracy. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Age was contemptible—the thing one should hide, or excuse, or ransom. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Sir," said the Count, "you are a dastardly, pitiful, contemptible scoundrel. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z The architecture of the choir and side chapel is indeed truly beautiful, but they are not lofty, but the nave and side aisles are contemptible. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z No scholar would ever dream of demeaning himself and of rendering himself contemptible in the eyes of the literary classes by consenting to become an interpreter of the gods. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z We had heard a good deal about Theodore’s army, who were said to be armed with guns and were drilled, and we did have a faint hope that our foe would not be utterly contemptible. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z A man would only be a contemptible animal if he must be given toys and trinkets and sawdust dolls to divert his attention from mischief. Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago 2012-04-18T02:00:15.717Z How contemptible, indeed, the Inquisition had become, even in the eyes of ecclesiastics, is brought instructively before us in a petty quarrel between the Inquisitor Raymond Gozin and his Dominican brethren. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Mrs. Balfame kissed them and embraced them, and dried their excited tears, while Rush, his contemptible part in the day's drama forgotten, slunk down the stairs and out of the jail. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Suddenly it seemed to her that this chilly attitude of hers was contemptible. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z It is not the enemy we fear—the enemy is contemptible; it is the distance, and the questions of provisions and transport. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z That shows him to be a contemptible blackleg! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z Your civility now, sir," replied the Duke, "like your rash folly a week or two ago, is too contemptible to make any change in the Duke of Epernon. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z "I mean that you are a contemptible cad," was the answer. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He is an officer of the highest distinction, and a wellborn gentleman to boot,—two admirable reasons for the assaults of a contemptible party. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z I more than suspect," said Hunter, sternly, "that this half-pay life works badly for a man's habits, and throws him upon very petty and contemptible modes of getting through his time. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The German painters are really more contemptible than I can tell you. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Is he contending against any thing less contemptible than a spaniel puppy or an unteachable parrot? Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z It confers a title of American nobility by the side of which the coronets of some European dukes are tawdry and contemptible. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Poor, miserable reasoning, indeed; to choose one of the most contemptible races of men, because their ancestors, some hundreds of years before, had superior qualities to their degenerate race. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z At first sight, this settlement of the difficulties between the two countries appeared contemptible. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Why on earth had he been so idiotic, so weak, so altogether contemptible? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Popularity is the most fleeting, the most vacillating--if you will, the most contemptible--of all those means and opportunities which Heaven gives us to be made use of for great ends. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z In the eyes of men of the world the devil became gradually less terrible and more grotesque, became occasionally ridiculous, often contemptible, sometimes silly. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The writer could as soon believe that the moon is a large cheese, suspended in the firmament, as give credit to this contemptible story. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z No divine right shielded them when public opinion condemned them; ill-doing governments were twice guilty and contemptible, because of the great force of their examples. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Revulsion of feeling is always unpleasant, and nothing could be more complete than the revulsion from the purest of sentiment to the most contemptible of practical jokes. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z England had only three months to strengthen and repair the fortifications, and the force brought against the Rock was by no means contemptible, including as it did a fleet of two-and-twenty French men-of-war. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z They regarded them as a sect of extremely absurd Jews, insanely obstinate, and wholly contemptible. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z What contemptible humbug is all this! two miracles performed to do nothing! A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z His defence of York was a most contemptible series of blunders. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Such jealousy was miserable, contemptible, she knew; but the pain of it would not be stilled at once. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Sealth was of a type of Puget Sound Indian whose physique was not by any means contemptible. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z You are filled rather with wonderment than admiration, and the whole world without seems utterly contemptible to you, whenever you return to the cave's mouth. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Can any man, in the full exercise of his reason, believe that the Ruler of all worlds would employ such a contemptible creature to bring about his plan of redeeming his favorite people from bondage? A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z This was one of the meanest and most contemptible statements John Adams ever made. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z For reasons which were one and all contemptible. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z To think of the traffic of the first city in the world being stopped for this contemptible tomfoolery! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z Certainly the policy of the Italian Government at such a crisis was weak, miserable, even contemptible. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z This account is rendered more contemptible by being referred to by New Testament writers, although the scripture declares in many places that “no man can see God and live.” A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z This problem the Roman Stoics were incapable of meeting, but they did what lay in their power, and their efforts, though altogether inadequate to the disease, were by no means contemptible. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z I kept it back only for mean and contemptible reasons; because I was afraid to give it absolutely into your keeping, not knowing certainly whether you would care to have it. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z These quarrels, already deplorable at the end of the seventeenth century, became so contemptible in the course of the eighteenth, that success or defeat was equally attended with dishonour. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z One would think that in order to prove a certain revolutionary movement powerless and contemptible, you had only to show that its leaders were themselves contemptible and disreputable persons. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The whole of this account is so contemptible, that I shall not give it any further attention. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Thus we affirm the correctness of the original judgments both as to the great and the contemptible imitating it, for laughter is the effect of appreciation of incongruity. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The Moorish chronicle, too close to the struggle to see its vital issues, speaks of "one Belay, a contemptible barbarian who roused the people of Asturish." Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z His mind, naturally active, was by no means uncultivated; and his books and unpublished letters bear witness that his style as a writer was not contemptible. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z His literary attacks on the Government are by no means all vulgar, or scurrilous, or contemptible. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z In that moment he appeared the most contemptible person I ever knew. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; povertyÏstricken; mean; poor; contemptible.½A bankrupt, beggarly fellow.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In one moment, by that child of my own cherishing, but the creature of my own bounty, I am suspected of a horrible, contemptible crime; humiliated to the very dust. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z But, at the time I speak of, Fenianism was a vague, mystic, accursed thing, which it was proper to regard as utterly detestable and contemptible. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The personal charms of these first seen of the Chinese fair sex are by no means so contemptible as Europeans generally imagine. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Deplorable are the times when open barefaced villany is protected and encouraged, when innocence is obnoxious, honesty contemptible, and it is reckoned criminal to espouse the cause of virtue. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Infamous; contemptible; Ð variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z We all talked together, each one rather annoyed at the unwillingness of the others to listen to him, and thinking how contemptible their ideas were beside his own. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z I know he is a vile, degraded, contemptible man. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z Voltaire determined to render the bigots odious and contemptible, and henceforth waged incessant war, continued to the day of his death. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Still it is encouraging to find a distinguished and influential minister openly recognising the facts, instead of distorting them with the old contemptible pious fictions, again and again repeated after being again and again refuted. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Being defeated, he published an address to his constituents, in which he applied some contemptuous epithets to this contemptible proceeding. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z I would put her away from my thoughts entirely; she was a contemptible, vicious woman, and I was too proud to be subject to her. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z The Pharisee was essentially an actor—playing to himself the most contemptible little comedies of holiness. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Facts and observations recorded by long experience were now considered useless and contemptible data, and all terrestrial knowledge despised. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A man might have a lot of pleasure, and yet be contemptible. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z In scientific studies of the soul and the mind, habit is usually passed over—either as something contemptible—or rather for the further reason that it is one of the most difficult questions of psychology. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The frail Philina, graceful though contemptible, represents the degradation incident to an attempt at leading an exclusively poetic life. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Then is it not better to use what is in thine own power and be free, than to be set on what is not in thy power—a slave and contemptible? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z This vaulting ambition accounts for the contemptible spectacles that occasionally meet our sight. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z In our discussion of Epicureanism we saw that the principle of pleasure consistently carried out produced bad results, and, as in the case of Tito Melema, developed the most contemptible character. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Few men have the excuse of possessing the dangerous gift of genius, and to affect the weaknesses by which it is sometimes accompanied, is equally silly and contemptible. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z That many who have had this power have been tyrannically or unfortunately prevented from using it, is certain; but there is nothing either ridiculous or contemptible in this. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Moreover, if the King needed money, the idea of not placing one's all at his Majesty's disposal seemed contemptible to me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This roll, which is curious on historical grounds, and by no means contemptible as a poem, possesses especial charms for the heraldric student. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z This noted “specialist” was made perfectly contemptible, and the whole profession must have blushed in shame at the spectacle presented. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z "It's the most contemptible thing that evah happened in the seminary," Lloyd continued. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Of all the creatures associated with Wilde in these affairs, this Atkins was the lowest and most contemptible. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z Mere contemptible machines, that mopped and mowed to order. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z As for Stevenson's fine old pirate, with his contemptible song about a "dead men's chest and a bottle of rum," I should not have tolerated him for an instant. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z A woman who could act so foolishly as to frighten the admirer she intended to cajole, was but a contemptible enemy to battle with in a game of diamond cut diamond. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The case did seem hopeless to the young councillor; so hopeless as to be almost contemptible. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z It was nothing, for the danger had been of the slightest, the defence contemptible. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z William III.'s effigy, in its incongruous classical costume, is no whit more contemptible than some of his admirers have tried to make his character. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z She had always believed that jealousy was contemptible. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z That so weak and contemptible an obstacle should be allowed to stand between herself and her ambition was preposterous. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z It was certain, now that she had her fabulous possessions in her hands, that a mere country noble's family were too contemptible to touch. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z My lord, a prey to goblins, was become quite too contemptible. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Carelessly he led his reinforcements, enlivening the way with buoyant jest, as if the enemy was too contemptible to be really dangerous; neglecting the commonest precautions, though warned of his rashness by his officers. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Propagandism on a scale so contemptible impresses intelligent Moslems as a sham, and is an injury to the Christianity which it professes to represent. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z They did not carry it out either, and finally the law became so contemptible, so execrable, that everybody despised it. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z The first attempt was a failure, an egregiously contemptible and inartistic failure, and all due to that inveterate bungler. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Nothing can be more contemptible than such a hope—a hope that can give satisfaction only to the hyenas of the human race. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The nobility of the Old World hold the honest workingman in contempt, and yet are so contemptible themselves that they are willing to live upon his labor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z While the public was regarding Congress with contempt Congress was well satisfied to make itself contemptible. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z There is nothing so laughable, and sometimes there is nothing so contemptible, as the egotism of a little fellow who lives in a big town. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Nothing to the true artist, to the real genius, is so contemptible as the "medicinal view." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Is it possible to conceive of a more contemptible human being than a man who would appeal to force in such a case? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Death, I felt was too honourable a punishment for such a contemptible villain. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z We were rather a contemptible people, though Mr. Dougherty thinks the English were wholly at fault. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Anything less than that would be illiberal, mean, contemptible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z In the presence of the pure, unconscious nude, nothing can be more contemptible than those forms in which are the hints and suggestions of drapery, the pretence of exposure, and the failure to conceal. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The low, the ignorant, the contemptible, cultivated the soil. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z She was dressed in widow's weeds, which became her very fair face amazingly, and led by the hand a rosy, curly-headed urchin, whose claims to general admiration were by no means contemptible. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z In Notting Dale the women are the principal wage-earners, and the district is infested with a contemptible set of men, who are loafers or worse. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z I have been so explicit with you, that none but the most contemptible of your sex would have persisted at such a sacrifice of pride and feeling. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Never was ruler so jealous, unreasonable, contemptible, exacting, and ignorant as this God of the Jews. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The lofty cedars begin to divine a thundering hurricane is at hand; God elevates man contemptible. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z You are a mean, contemptible wretch: the base hireling of a baser villain. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z But these are strange days for Eagles fans who have an uncomfortable choice between two equally contemptible foes in the Super Bowl. The Fifth Down: The View From the Tormented: Eagles Fans 2012-02-03T22:30:15Z Cases occur in which a statement does correspond to the facts, or, at least, seems to do so, and yet a contemptible falsehood is implied. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z It needed that we two should be here with the shadow about us, for me to realize how contemptible was the thought. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Political allegory combined with tragedy in plays contemptible as specimens of either species. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z As if he cared for their contemptible society! Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z It seemed to him for the moment contemptible to be a bachelor. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Even at the present day strangers are still despised and ridiculed by the vulgar, their foreign manners, language, and habits seeming contemptible; the lesson of hospitality is not yet superfluous. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z And the Spartans tried to turn the vice into contempt by systematically making their slaves drunk once a year to show their children how foolish and contemptible men looked in that state. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z The populace as a foil and contrast must be made contemptible and the ready tool of vice. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The story will sound very trivial, very contemptible, after what you have told me. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Lacking appreciation in this sphere of work, he wrote of “the contemptible trade of author,” counting it less creditable than that of a jockey. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z I am a foolish and contemptible old man. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z I am, however, held forcibly here by engagements, and at my age, my bodily presence might be, as St. Paul says, 'contemptible.' Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Louis was not averse to gold lace, and encouraged these high aspirations, created nobles, gave orders, and filled his brother's heart with amusement, mixed with contemptible scorn, by the creation of Dutch marshals. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z The 'Italum acetum' was employed by the Romans as a weapon of controversy with the view of damaging an adversary and making either himself or the cause he represented appear ridiculous and contemptible. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He eyed me with contempt: great featherless, half winged bird as I was, incomprehensible, contemptible, but awful. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z That which ought to be most sacred among men was by internal contradictions become weak and contemptible. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Militarism is the great preserver of our ideals of hardihood, and human life without hardihood would be contemptible.... The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z These are realities, which make the shows Of outward Nature, be they ne'er so grand, Seem small, and worthless, and contemptible. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z But these assemblages have never been other than contemptible in size and composition. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z It seems so contemptible to me," said Emily, "to become enslaved to one of your likings till it makes a beast of you. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z After all, it must be confessed that my attainments in chemistry were contemptible; but even this feeble beginning of a habit of patient enquiry was invaluable. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z If government and administration were in such a lamentable condition, justice was even more contemptible. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z They were the Buchanan office-holders and their underlings, and, generally, a contemptible lot. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z This has been done by rival manufacturers, either through ignorance or malice; if from the former they are to be pitied, if from the latter they are contemptible. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z What is a bugbear to the many is often a contemptible reptile to the few. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z He had always understood that to his sister his aspirations were contemptible. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z This kind of fort," he continues, "however contemptible, is a sufficient defence against Indians who have no cannon. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Hume even branded him as a contemptible coward. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Of all the miserable, squalid, contemptible looking objects, those ducklings took the lead. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z It is pitiable, I allow, but also contemptible; but, judging by what I see, it appears to me a more irresistible delusion than ambition. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Pitt had compared Robinson to a jack-boot; but personal opinions vary according to points of view; Sir Thomas might be contemptible as a leader, but useful as a dry-nurse. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z And here it will be convenient to pause and reflect a moment on that wonderful variety in the historical forms of Christianity, none of which are perfect and none contemptible. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Johnson used to relate of an Irish painter, that he, the painter, practically realised a theory that £30 a year was enough to enable a man to live there without being contemptible. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z They are held to be contemptible rather than criminal and horrible. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Where she should have translated: "There is nothing so odious and contemptible as haughtiness in the young," she would write: "There is nothing so ridiculous and laughable as presumption in the old." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Always sympathetic, always warm, always ready to betray at the first symptom of personal advantage, they are nevertheless useful parts of the political machine, and not so contemptible as might appear. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Let us hope, at any rate, that, like glow-worms, they appear mean and contemptible in the glare of society, only to exhibit their shining qualities in the gloom of their working hours. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The work of the Halfpennys was by no means all contemptible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z They are so contemptible and so absurdly false, that they do not merit any other notice, than to write false, false, on every page. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z I see the Whigs have dropped their modicum of education; they are utterly contemptible as ministers. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Will ye bend your aspiring minds to prop the thrones of such contemptible, such ignorant, such brutish despots? An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z The German teacher, consequently, entertained a very contemptible opinion of the talents of his pupil. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z And he despised and detested himself for having been scored off, even without witnesses, by a creature so coarse and contemptible. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z His deliverance was echoed by a lawyer hired to represent Grace Episcopal church, the church which showed its moral standards by cheating its architect out of his fee on a contemptible legal technicality. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z Our London Chartist insurrection was more contemptible than that of Sheffield. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Away with the contemptible notion that our bones, our muscles, and our flesh shall be gathered together after they are rotted and evaporated for a resurrection to eternal life. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z In the presence of such a man, and in the presence of such a religion, how contemptible your puny theologians and their narrow creeds appear! Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z If I tell your husband I am a contemptible cad. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z In his invigorating atmosphere such weakness seemed contemptible, just as superstition in his presence seemed feeblest ignorance. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z For this reason it is wrong to profane them and to render them contemptible by barbarous impurity and impropriety of diction. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This contemptible bird every child should know if for no better reason than to despise it. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Because he sometimes went with his wife to the Presbyterian church, of which she was an adherent, the priests of this denomination have the contemptible assurance to assert that he was a rigid Calvinist! Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z He saw the woman who loved him, and whom he loved, tagged and claimed by a contemptible pygmy, the accidental inheritor of wealth. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The educated classes are being swept along in the contemptible struggle for wealth. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Yet you want me, under threats, to break my word, and to render myself contemptible in the eyes of all my comrades. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Except querulousness, it has nearly all the bad qualities of old age; and if St. Barbe is meant for Thackeray, it is contemptible even in caricature. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z As for his assuming the position of the young laird of Saughleas while his father continued the laborious life of a man of business, that would be only contemptible. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z She knew that in another man she would have considered the weakness contemptible. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z For each one he could recall some unsavoury episode, some mean adventure that made its hero contemptible. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Nothing can be duller or more contemptible, to my mind, than the chronicle of literary quarrels. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He remains to me one of the greatest of all writers and masters, although I think him utterly base, contemptible and odious for certain reasons which you know. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Her comparison was “a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated,” Frank replied. Frank Exit May Leave Wall Street Rules Vulnerable to Republicans 2011-11-29T16:55:15Z How dared they do such a contemptible thing? The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z I have recorded two observations, which though they treat of small and contemptible animals, yet are remarkable, and I doubt whether any naturalist hitherto has observed them. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z To accept a testimonial from such a writer is abject on the part of a clergyman defending the inspiration of the Bible; and to parade it is simply contemptible. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The aspect of the master of the house, however, is not serious, it is merely contemptible. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z |
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