| 单词 | contemptibly |
| 例句 | Almost every one of the radiant divinities could act cruelly or contemptibly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t shun me, but they encouraged me to get help by trying Overeaters Anonymous—the most contemptibly named 12-step program of them all. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z Everybody’s a control freak, everybody yells at everybody else and they all behave contemptibly while expressing contempt for people and culture not Romany. Television Review: ‘American Gypsies’ on National Geographic Channel 2012-07-16T22:24:41Z Whether people found Freud’s realist portraiture contemptibly conservative or reassuringly so depended, of course, on their taste and politics. Perspective | Lucian Freud captured intimacy, even when his subjects were clothed 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z There will be retribution, and it will be wide-ranging, an epic waste of taxpayer money, an incredible abuse of the executive branch and the resources that come with it, and contemptibly small-minded and petty. Perspective | Trump is the ultimate sore winner. Now he’ll seek revenge. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Untold numbers of soldiers died in agony Trump is contemptibly ignorant of all this. U.S. Taking Negotiations ‘One Week at a Time’ on Expiring Iran Deal 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z That is contemptibly naive and also a shame. Green grows the privet, O! 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z But you get the feeling that he never really meant it or just couldn't bring himself to loosen up enough to create or attack, especially away, where Stoke were routinely contemptibly negative. Premier League 2012-13 review: flop of the season 2013-05-20T08:59:02Z The “Life of Jacob” served to show how basely mean and contemptibly deceitful a man might become, and yet enjoy God’s love. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z This petty craving after chiselled or painted immortality is nowhere more contemptibly exhibited than in Raphael's famous Loggie at the Vatican, where, over each separate window, one reads in staring type, "Leo X., Pontifex Maximus." Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z He did not tell himself that, because the view grew misty before his eyes, he was taking the blow contemptibly; he told himself only that he was very wretched, and that she was gone. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Life was short, yet already too long; its activities overlauded, its glories contemptibly little; why waste it in striving—nay, why live it all? In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z You say the subject is low and contemptibly treated. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z At the same time the Secretary read the Depositions, which set forth that I had spoke contemptibly of the Images of Saints, Crucifixes, Purgatory, and the Infallibility of the Holy Office. The Travels and Adventures of James Massey 2011-09-13T02:00:31.293Z In contrast with the rugged hills and illimitable sea and stout men of Satan’s Trap, his body was withered and contemptibly diminutive. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z I ought not to have spoken in so contemptibly mean a way. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He had fallen a prey—a contemptibly easy prey—to a couple of designing adventuresses. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Naturally, from his prejudiced viewpoint, we seem to be contemptibly insincere and deceitful.” The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z The "Life of Jacob" served to show how basely mean and contemptibly deceitful a man might become, and yet enjoy God's love. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Compared with such a gloriously gorgeous plan, our little conspiracy scheme seemed almost contemptibly mean and commonplace; scarcely worth bothering about for a moment. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z We have to present him in a scene of infinite intellectual bleakness, with the thinnest scrub of second-rate books growing contemptibly, and patches of what the Encyclopædist calls tares—wind-wilted tares—about him. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z He had heard young ladies spoken of rather contemptibly as "pedants" and "blue-stockings." Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z If she acts as contemptibly as I expect she will, I shall repeat some of those speeches for her benefit. Dolly's College Experiences Why, to enact the part of a spy,—to hide myself basely and contemptibly behind this door, to overhear your conversation and espy your actions. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Beyond the fact that this is contemptibly false, they do not stop to think how they are dishonoring their own troops which have made such little headway against them. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Changed to some contemptibly small process on which success depends. Essays in Radical Empiricism "I know what it is," Dicky said, contemptibly. The Wouldbegoods Now, if this feeling had arisen merely from a dislike to having it supposed that one is obliged to earn his own living, it would have been a contemptibly vulgar sentiment, whoever professed it. The Intellectual Life “He spoke contemptibly of him,” should be, He spoke contemptuously of him. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected The glorious inheritance which lay beyond the cloud, was called "The things above," while a multitude of trifling objects, which appeared contemptibly small when looked at through the telescope, were called "the things below." The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Judged by the assertions of newspaper correspondents, women are at one and the same time preposterously masculine, contemptibly feminine, ridiculously intellectual, repulsively athletic, and revoltingly frivolous. Modern marriage and how to bear it Save Chatham, they had no understanding of provincial opinion; in their political methods they were corrupt individualists, and their general equipment in imperial politics was contemptibly inadequate. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 If you cared anything for me, you wouldn't treat me so contemptibly as you have been lately. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories "I didn't suppose any boy could be so contemptibly mean," he reflected as his glance followed the boat, which gradually grew smaller and smaller as it drew near the mainland. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success Men can be catty, too––tom-catty, yet contemptibly feline when they are not on their good behavior. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards To submit was to show himself in Madame von Marwitz's eyes as contemptibly supine; to protest was to appear in Karen's as meanly petty. Tante He hated me at that time, because he had behaved contemptibly and was running after that creature ... and because he owed me that three thousand.... The Brothers Karamazov Montague had first brought himself into notice by verses, well timed and not contemptibly written, but never, we think, rising above mediocrity. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Once more, to cavil at this would be contemptibly easy. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Some minds are so contemptibly small that they are simply crushed by greatness. The Hero When Jack told me that you were still free, I hated myself, my joy, my renewal of hope, seemed so contemptibly little in contrast with his great despair. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 In comparison with the priesthood of Egypt, Buddha is contemptibly modern. Vixen, Volume III. He imagines he flatters me when he speaks contemptibly of himself. The Goose Man Do we still live on a planet on which we dare not express what we hold to be the truth—planet Terra so huge and yet so contemptibly small? The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour They appeared to her so absurdly inadequate, so contemptibly divorced from the primary interests of existence. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance All these schemes, from the laughably absurd to the contemptibly mean, should be regarded merely as an excrescence upon the legitimate subscription-book business. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing I have been contemptibly weak at the very moment when I most needed to be strong; but have no further fear; you have effectually cured me of my weakness. The Castaways Thus, "I can not think so contemptibly of the age I live in," is exchanged for "the age in which I live." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. I know I have behaved contemptibly; self-deception is no excuse. The Daughters of Danaus "It is contemptibly futile, and therefore conspicuously in keeping with the rest, to have taken all this trouble about dying only, in the end, to sneak back." The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance At this Ondikik groaned—whether at the contemptibly obvious character of the idea, or at ideas in general, or in consequence of pain, we cannot tell. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice When Higson came to the gate it looked so contemptibly easy that he determined to climb it with his bundles on his back. The Three Lieutenants Men who are extremely kind and considerate with their wives in most things are often contemptibly mean regarding money matters. Pushing to the Front It was because she had fallen below her own standard, because she had been hypocritical with herself, played herself false, and acted contemptibly, hatefully! The Daughters of Danaus Occasionally lavish, he is essentially mean; with a dash of humor, he is contemptibly revengeful; and, though generous minded when the whim jumps with his wishes, he is thoroughly selfish. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 My blood fairly boiled to think that anybody could have been so contemptibly mean as to mock our dear old Fee,—as if he didn't feel badly enough about being near-sighted and lame! We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses The instances alleged by Rationalists are contemptibly trivial when compared with the Bible predictions. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity But the main tendency of his habitual criticism is to suggest that all the sentiments, professions, and postures of these things are not only comic but even contemptibly comic, follies and almost frauds. George Bernard Shaw He believed he could drop into sleep as this boat's sounding-lead could drop to the river's bottom, if for one minute he could get his mind off that singularly old, contemptibly young poker-face. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi His presence robbed her of self-confidence, and made her contemptibly conscious of her frivolity, or worse. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow Having recently begun to use a new pouch, he searched his pockets in vain for odd shreds of the Mixture to which he had so contemptibly become a slave. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke The satisfaction it has given her to be rid of a tobacco atmosphere, and the thought of my contemptibly selfish indifference to her comfort all those years, have humbled me, I tell you. Choice Readings for the Home Circle How miserably, contemptibly weak I am, and have always been! A Crooked Path A Novel There seemed then nothing harsh or contemptibly puerile in stories we should now relegate to the nursery, and no doubt people derived an amusement from them, for which that of humour was afterwards gradually substituted. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Spiritually ambitious, she had had her young eye on a hard-won crown of glory, and she had found that happiness made the spiritual life almost contemptibly easy. The Helpmate Too much avarice makes a contemptibly mean man; not enough makes a foolish spendthrift, who is always appealing to his friends for help. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future For so long she had acted a part, that it would be tragic to break down feebly, contemptibly, now close to the end of the drama. Bella Donna A Novel I may have a contemptibly weak stomach for this kind of thing, but I confess that I don't care much for a representation of the Judgment Day in a melodrama of low life. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 The narrative of a sea-fight ensuing on this is pitiable beyond pity and contemptibly beneath contempt. A Study of Shakespeare In order to save their pay, they studied economy, which caused them to make a beggarly appearance, and, in the eyes of the white men, they were often contemptibly mean. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself I think we conceived of him as tall, with drooping fair moustaches, and contemptibly meticulous in his dress. Grey Roses But, ah! it is all a contemptibly low business; we had better quit talking about our neighbors. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery But I grew so attached to you in Florence and—well, it was contemptibly weak; I'll never do such a thing again. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith They struggled for no high principle, and refused to be taxed from England, simply because they were too contemptibly stingy and unpatriotic to pay a shilling a head towards the maintenance of the Imperial Army. The Framework of Home Rule That would be, at the very least, as far back as nine or ten thousand B.C.; which is contemptibly modern, when you think of the hundred and sixty thousand years of our present sub-race. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 To find fault with his two famous books is almost contemptibly easy. The English Novel At M. le Duc's he had been pale, nervous, and shaken—senselessly and contemptibly scared, as I thought, since he was warned of the danger and need not face it. Helmet of Navarre Speaking lightly or contemptibly of one another, either to themselves or to others in their absence, as few men can bear patiently to be despised by the slighting carriages of their brethren. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London But this brother of mine makes me think contemptibly of all other men. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) "I never had anybody make me feel so contemptibly unlike a gentleman in my life." The Last Shot He had won her trust, and had used it contemptibly for his own despicable ends. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories Ah, if I could only say it without seeming so contemptibly heartless! Jason They also know, And reason not contemptibly; with these Find pastime, and bear rule; thy realm is large. Voices for the Speechless But in this instance the culprit knew that he had been guilty of a contemptibly mean act, and the knowledge of it made a moral coward of him. The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard Hence Theresa, and all which pertained to her, even her follies, appeared to him of contemptibly small moment compared with the developments for which those follies might be held accidentally responsible. Deadham Hard But he should think most contemptibly of himself as a man, if he could talk on this traffic without emotion. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II They can interest only such little minds as are of the most contemptibly frivolous description. Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes She asked herself if she had behaved contemptibly. The Top of the World Many of these practices were baldly dishonest, many of them were contemptibly mean. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II The temptation simply and crudely to give in, bundle down the pulpit stairs and bolt, was contemptibly great. Deadham Hard But her little drawing-room, all gay and fresh, accused her of deceiving herself; and a glimpse of the embroidered frock reminded her that she was contemptibly shirking the truth. The Precipice He has sometimes written very contemptibly; his lines on Hobbes, the carrier, for example, and his versions of Psalms. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Bohun's Dictionary, the only one which has any pretension to regard, owes that pretension only to its bulk; for it is in all parts contemptibly defective and is therefore deservedly forgotten. Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc. "Especially," said Adelaide, "when the people whose opinion we are afraid of are so contemptibly selfish and snobbish." The Second Generation He was indeed eminently superior to the vices of the rest; but I did not less exquisitely feel how much he was out of his place, how disproportionably associated, or how contemptibly employed. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are In these proud and pretentious surroundings he felt contemptibly guilty—and dazed wonder at his own inexplicable folly and weakness. The Grain of Dust What a contemptibly little-minded and insignificant person she must think me. The Magic Egg and Other Stories They also know, And reason not contemptibly: With these Find pastime, and bear rule; thy realm is large. Paradise Lost But is that essentially right, and proper, and honourable, or is it contemptibly mean and selfish? Jude the Obscure The disturbance was as the first floating weed to Columbus—the contemptibly little suggesting possibilities of the infinitely great. Far from the Madding Crowd It's dear in you to say so, Grace, but I know myself, and how contemptibly I behaved. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus The waiter brought me cheese, indeed, but cheese cut up into contemptibly small pieces; and it is the awful fact that, instead of Christian bread, he brought me biscuits. Alarms and Discursions It is not an arithmetical sublime like Klopstock's, whose rule always is to treat what we might think large as contemptibly small. Literary Remains, Volume 1 He had another grief at the same time, that is the poignant consciousness of having acted contemptibly. The Possessed (The Devils) Charity was tempted to refer to it, but she felt that it would be contemptibly petty at the moment. We Can't Have Everything But he should think most contemptibly of himself as a man if he could talk on this traffic without emotion. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) You had the whole world in your grasp and you threw it away for a whim, just because you were too small, too contemptibly mean, to understand. The Bars of Iron This was signed, contemptibly and untruthfully, "A Friend." Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" Apart from furs the trade of Canada was contemptibly small in the eyes of men like the London merchants. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton Yes, and failed contemptibly because their motive was contemptible. Ideala How contemptibly absurd, common!—and how mystically delightful! Once Aboard the Lugger He has behaved contemptibly to the man who did so much for him. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will Do you think the others would lie so contemptibly? Seven Little Australians How contemptibly silly! men feeling fatherly after they have made property of their own children! Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Before the advance of these diminutive warriors I quailed contemptibly, and their battle-cry sent more terror to my soul than that member ever experienced from the well-remembered rebel yell. Helen's Babies He does naturally admire his wit that wears gold lace, or tissue: stabs any man that speaks more contemptibly of the scholar than he. Cynthia's Revels Smolin, distorting his big mouth contemptibly, would say to him: "You are making entirely too much fuss about yourself." The Man Who Was Afraid Yet the leading articles, though inserted, as it should seem, only in the absence of more attractive matter, are by no means contemptibly written. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Montague had first brought himself into notice by verses well-timed and not contemptibly written, but never, we think, rising above mediocrity. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Wherefore you speak contemptibly of his parts I know not; but I suspect that you are not free from the error common to studious and speculative men. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 You must indeed think poorly of the king, and contemptibly of his counsellors, if you imagine that everything has not already been thought of and maturely weighed. Egmont Good-morning, Mr. Morris; you and I are not cursed with such a contemptibly common name as that! I Say No |
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