| 单词 | contemptuousness |
| 例句 | The marriage of convenience between the two warlords — built on a shared contemptuousness of Sudanese civilians’ democratic aspirations — collapsed into winner-takes-all battle for supremacy in which civilians are the collateral damage. Opinion | The eruption of violence in Sudan shows the generals can’t be trusted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z When Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson appeared before Congress on Tuesday, he exposed his ignorance of the department he runs and his contemptuousness of government oversight. “An Oreo?”: 5 of the most ridiculous moments from Ben Carson’s political career 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z But was a little context to soften the contemptuousness too much to ask? On Basketball: Lessons From a LeBron James Hug 2013-01-31T01:41:45Z Never shall I forget the look of cold, cruel, malign contemptuousness, with which the ruffian regarded me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z His lips curled with a calm contemptuousness at the white man's inability to rob him of the place in heaven that he believed his murders had made for him. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z But, admirable as it is, this new picture of prison-life and prison-sentiment has an undercurrent of bitterness, indeed, almost of contemptuousness, foreign to the best part of Dickens’s genius. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z They estimated with just contemptuousness the temper of a ruling class whose yoke Ireland has long been compelled to endure. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z This last was uttered with the contemptuousness one always feels toward a mighty government that allows itself to be outdone by corporations or individuals. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Yet, pervading it all, there was revealed an interest—a curiosity—about her that agreed ill with his assumed contemptuousness. The Great Miss Driver Not only rash swearing was heard, but even false; persons in high place were swollen with contemptuousness; poisoned reproaches fell from their mouths, and men were sundered by unabating quarrels. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The bad wife is described by a Moslem writer as "a rebel for contumacy and unruliness; as a foe for contemptuousness and reproach; and as a thief for treacherous designs upon her husband's purse." Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Pomposity is sin, because it is egoism; self-complacency and contemptuousness are sin for the same reason. The New Theology She muttered rather than spoke these few words, but with a contemptuousness of inflection that was most expressive. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Here the coupled syllables carried an added sting of contemptuousness. From Place to Place Envy would conceal herself under the shadow and shelter of contemptuousness, but she swells too huge for the den she creeps into. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection He spoke somewhat through his nose and teeth, it was difficult to say whether by nature or habit, but that gave to his speech a character of contemptuousness and indolence. The Argonauts This marriage with this young Englishman, whom the Frenchman regarded with a tolerant, half-amused contemptuousness for his simplicity and bluntness, would have to be carried through. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo One fault of character, I think, he may perhaps have had much trouble with—I mean bitterness and contemptuousness. True Words for Brave Men There was but one way in which Diane could have put herself right with him: she could have swept the charge aside, with a serene contemptuousness of denial. The Inner Shrine If the pastor took you for a courtier, I reverence him for his contemptuousness. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection By a slow facial manoeuvre, Mr. Neal contrived to make his cigar look out upon the world with contemptuousness unbearable. Queed He looked through her with a contemptuousness such as she could not have imagined. Main Street "Mr. Stanhope!" said Henry with an insufferable contemptuousness for which he at once apologized. Captivating Mary Carstairs Moreover I remembered sensitively his contemptuousness of manner to me at my last interview in his office. Roughing It, Part 8. No person has a right to treat another with contemptuousness unless he knows him to deserve it. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I do not know what another person would have done, but at this point I gave up; that cast-iron indifference, that tranquil contemptuousness, conquered me, and I struck my colors. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 She was furious at the contemptuousness of his exit. Main Street And these men and women fall with zealous dreariness or acrid contemptuousness, and radiate discomfort and uneasiness about them. Escape, and Other Essays Paul was quick to detect a note of admiration underlying the superficial contemptuousness of the words. The Fortunate Youth His brother was moved to no little mirth, but did not indulge in such savage contemptuousness as distinguished the narrator. Denzil Quarrier There was little need for him to assume the frigid contemptuousness of Mrs. Gurley's manner: his mere presence, the very unseeingness of his gaze, inspired awe. The Getting of Wisdom Never before had this worthy shown so much insolence and snobbish contemptuousness as on this occasion, but Nejdanov simply ignored him. Virgin Soil |
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