请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 disdainful
例句 disdainful
Scientists in those fields tend to be ignorantly disdainful of fields to which those methodologies are inappropriate and which must therefore seek other methodologies—such as my own research areas of ecology and evolutionary biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Colonel Korn assured him with a flat lack of conviction, and turned back chuckling to Yossarian, his disdainful merriment increasing at the sight of Yossarian’s unyielding expression of antagonism and distrust. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
The look Jupiter gives Courtney is so disdainful, I feel cut to the quick. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
No longer did he wear the proud, somewhat disdainful look he’d worn when walking seriously along through the woods, his pipe cradled in his arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
“How childish,” she adds, shooting him a disdainful glare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Overjoyed at having bested the disdainful Urey, “he jumped out of bed, heedless of his cold, danced around the room, and gleefully congratulated us,” Kamen recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t haughty or disdainful, or stuffy, as High Chancellor Thomas was. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Presently, trying to show himself an equal of this polite disdainful youth, he added, “I suppose you weren’t, when you first came.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Dad was disdainful of a fire starter like kerosene. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Such was the wondrous power of this disdainful young man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She smiles her buttoned-up disdainful smile, and we are reassured. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He would not let the fellow stand there looking down at him, graceful, disdainful, hateful. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Now that we’re into the weekdays I sometimes get live humans on the other end of the line, but they are disdainful or discouraging. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pilar is like her grandmother, disdainful of rules, of religion, of everything meaningful. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stared at Zeitoun and Todd, his face curious and disdainful. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
She spoke to the one who came forward, but not until she had cast a disdainful glance toward the other. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
No. “Well—this is just a literary sort of exercise,” Pacheco told him scornfully, at last awarding the spiders a disdainful glower. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every time we try to stop, we look at Peeta’s attempt to maintain a disdainful expression and it sets us off again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Despite the colonel’s disdainful attitude, the cells were soon painted and fumigated and we were supplied with fresh blankets and sanitary pails. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was the look in Okeoma’s eyes that worried him the most: a disdainful distrust that made him think of reading somewhere that the African and the European would always be irreconcilable. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He had bowed to Malfoy, who was now patting his beak, looking disdainful. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
And one disdainful suitor added this: “May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends it!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Colonel Korn was an untidy disdainful man with an oily skin and deep, hard lines running almost straight down from his nose between his crepuscular jowls and his square, clefted chin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
“If you’re so sure,” said an impertinent girl, perhaps the one with the disdainful chin, “why don’t you go out there and take a look?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Harry could tell he was trying to sound disdainful, as though what Moody was saying was barely worth his notice, but his hands gave him away; they had balled themselves into fists. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
The young knight gave him a disdainful smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
She looked up at the second net with a disdainful expression. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
We passed Joan, coming out of her room, and I gave her a meaning, disdainful smile and she ducked back and waited until we had gone by. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Her expression was disdainful and amused: it was all in the lips and the eyebrows and the set of the nose. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
There was Chicken Nugget, a Siamese the color of bread crumbs; Fiesta, a squat tabby with a disdainful look; and Mona, the visible tip of her tongue lending a look of concentration. We wanted a new kitten. The coronavirus pandemic meant everyone else did, too. 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z
Prosecutors at the New York trial have so far been disdainful of Weinstein’s legal tactics, which have included a demand that jury selection be held in private. Weinstein tries to move trial out of New York City, claiming 'deluge' of bad press 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z
Maybe it is, as Jacob writes, disdainful, but it’s also a witty reminder to seize the day. Review | How to open your mind — and your heart — to contemporary art 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z
The more men cling to rigid views of masculinity, the more likely they are to be depressed, or disdainful, or lonely. Perspective | How ‘traditional masculinity’ hurts the men who believe in it most 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z
I've always been fascinated by the fact that Doyle invented the greatest detective the world has ever seen and yet was so disdainful of him and feeling this was beneath his talents. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z
But Soutine was too shy, too tense, too lacking in social grace, too disdainful of acclaim to try to ingratiate himself. Albert Barnes and his pursuit of non-French art in Paris 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z
The tailor answers, “But, my dear sir, my dear sir, look” — with a disdainful gesture — “at the world, and look” — lovingly, proudly — “at my trousers!” Review: A 92-Year-Old’s ‘Endgame’ Opera Is Patiently Perfect 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z
Despite his acclaim, Mr. Vaughn could be a little disdainful about his vocation. Robert Vaughn, Who Starred as Napoleon Solo in ‘Man From U.N.C.L.E,’ Dies at 83 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z
She is openly disdainful of her sister, who is pregnant and living in the suburbs with her husband. SXSW 2015: At riotous 'Trainwreck' premiere, Amy Schumer gets real 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z
His invincibility has made him disdainful of humans and desperate for death, and yet he harbors a romanticized fixation upon love. Review: A Singer Returns to Shore at the Met in ‘Dutchman’ 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z
A commoner by birth, Cromwell relied on the shrewdness of his intellect and his preternatural ability to stay one step ahead of his disdainful, higher-born adversaries — at least for the span presented here. 'Wolf Hall' a thrilling high-stakes game in Henry VIII's court 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z
Taking up toy weapons and disdainful of marriage plots, Cristabel is outlined in the endearing if slightly stock shape of unconventional heroine. Bright Young Things, Revisited: War Clouds a Childhood Idyll 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z
She is “socially maladroit, highly self-conscious, and disdainful of others,” Joyce Carol Oates wrote in a penetrating essay recently in The New York Review of Books. Arts & Leisure Preview: Violence That Art Didn?t See Coming 2010-02-24T19:11:00Z
The person at the end of the line replied with just a hint of the tone of a disdainful maître d’hôtel: “Sorry, we’re full. Try another date on our website.” Melbourne's cat cafe – like AA, only for cat owners 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z
Her characters tend to be resentful, intelligent, picky, prickly and disdainful of weakness. ‘Vladimir,’ a Debut That Celebrates Transgression — Up to a Point 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z
The tap dancers, accompanied by the saxophonist Stacy Dillard, started things off, aggressively stamping on platforms arranged in an artfully askew manner, while the hip-hop dancers stared back with puffed-up chests and disdainful expressions. Dance Review: Futuristic Face-Off Caps a Four-Part Program 2010-10-07T22:20:00Z
"And we need to find some safe middle ground where people know that the vaccine is safe for you," Tarlov says before being interrupted by Pirro's audibly disdainful "Ugh" at that remark. On Fox News' "The Five," Jessica Tarlov is redefining the image of the sacrificial liberal 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z
Elsewhere Stannis regrouped – and we saw the first cracks in his façade as his guilt over his brother's murder seeped through – and Tywin asserted his disdainful authority over Joffrey without having to utter a word. Game of Thrones: season two, episode ten – Valar Morghulis 2012-06-04T13:19:00Z
Douglas plays Sandy Kominsky, a onetime Tony Award-winning stage actor whose Hollywood career never took off, possibly because he’s a disdainful creep. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z
She is most comfortable among the wealthy, conventionally cultured and disdainful. The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z
The rich remain as inscrutable as they ever were, and we remain just as disdainful of them, and just as taken in. Perspective | The messiness and meaning of Caroline Calloway 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z
"I've always been fascinated by the fact that Doyle invented the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and was so disdainful of him ... he threw him off the Reichenbach Falls and killed him." "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z
She was a dreamy, preoccupied woman, early fifties, willowy, fine-featured, draped over a chair with graceful professionalism that was part coy and part disdainful. My dinner with Alger Hiss 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z
It all gets to her: the attacks from her husband’s opponent, former TV doctor Mehmet Oz; the disdainful comments she hears from people who fixate on her past as an undocumented immigrant. Gisele Fetterman, forging on through her husband’s heated Senate race 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z
It was believed “among those close to him,” Mr. Panetta adds, that the president had not found his “time as a senator very rewarding” and tended “to be disdainful of Congress generally.” ‘Worthy Fights,’ by Leon E. Panetta 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z
While there are some architects and critics that are engaged in some serious and important work, the tendency is to be simply disdainful of the place and the culture. Building Type: Keith Krumwiede's satirical jolt for the earnest world of architecture publishing 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z
In a disdainful review, Teachout scolded the sitcom for glossing over the complexities of race relations. How ‘politically correct’ went from compliment to insult 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
On the subject of “woman’s rights,” Elizabeth was disdainful, insisting the movement was “anti-man.” Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z
But nobody believes this, especially not the assortment of smug white folks who utter that incantation, including an art critic whose disdainful half-grin during her first appearance announces her as future hanger steak. No sweets for the sweet in new "Candyman," which neglects the legend's seductively scary legacy 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z
He called the Internet a scam perpetrated by computer companies, was disdainful of automatic teller machines and denounced video games as "a waste of time for men with nothing else to do." Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91 2012-06-06T15:12:29Z
Amanda is from a “good” family, and her disdainful father offers to pay for Dawson’s college education if he breaks off the relationship. ‘The Best of Me,’ an Adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks Novel 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z
A flock of disdainful ducks seem destined to win, but Marge and Lola have a few ideas up their sleeves — or rather under their wings. Spare Times for Children Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z
People in my world can be disdainful of political and social problems and solutions. Chris Hadfield meets Randall Munroe: ‘Are we alone in the universe?' 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z
From a television perspective the real question is: What are these shows, so disdainful of life and human potential, doing on these outlets? Critic?s Notebook: ?Doomsday Preppers? and ?Doomsday Bunkers,? TV Reality Shows 2012-03-11T18:14:44Z
Despite being a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Sciences Po in Paris, Mr Filiu is mercifully disdainful of academic jargon. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z
In current affairs, the more important the guest, the more studiedly disdainful the presenter. TV matters: The prime minister on The One Show 2011-03-10T08:00:06Z
This shift has been driven by a new generation of composers who grew up with rock, are disdainful of contemporary music dogma and draw from any system and style that suits their compositional ends. music: Ren?e Fleming?s Crossover to Rock, ?Dark Hope? 2010-05-28T14:47:00Z
My sense is that old age has soured Godard: he has grown so disdainful of his audience, and society in general, that he can barely be bothered to invite us in anymore. Cannes film festival diary: no joy in Godard 2010-05-19T09:22:00Z
As it happens, Thiel was bullied as a child — a skinny, socially awkward, chess-playing boy, he protected himself by becoming resolutely “disdainful.” ‘The Contrarian’ Goes Searching for Peter Thiel’s Elusive Core 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z
Frustrated by Jimmy “President Seatwarmer” Carter, eager for Ted Kennedy to run for president, disdainful of conservatives, Hester is deeply invested in the idea of a second Camelot. What really happened at those famous Georgetown dinner parties 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z
It is policed by young Israeli soldiers who treated me, a casual observer from another world, with disdainful aggression. Tear down this Israeli wall 2011-03-11T21:30:03Z
He wasn't so much disdainful of my appetites as bemused. Salt beef sandwiches, my dad and me 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z
She is this film’s Greek chorus, passing violently disdainful comment from afar. Keira Knightley has bagsied Coleen Rooney – who else should be cast in the Wag Wars movie? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z
As a result, the topic is buzzing—on Twitter, on CNN, in publications as disdainful of pop culture trends as the Economist, and even in the U.K. Bill Maher smears “racist” Asians, Kimmel promotes “The Big Shawty”: The whiter the late-night stage, the flatter the #OscarsSoWhite jokes fall 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z
The disdainful way in which they address each other begs the question, why are they together? Girls Recap: Real Jobs Have Snacks 2014-02-10T05:47:00Z
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing were dubbed Shakers by disdainful contemporaries because of their ecstatic, shuddering worship dances — "a preposterous sort of trot," snorted Charles Dickens. A clear channel to the Shaker past: Woosters' 'Early Shaker Spirituals' 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z
One is that the president is generally disdainful of the network; the other suggests Trump believes Fox is an arm of his administration and reelection campaign. Trump blasts Fox News as arm of the Democratic party - The Washington Post 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z
The result is a disdainful British press and populace who have all but forgotten about her star-making turn on Kate’s wedding day. For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours 2013-07-24T21:31:22Z
He is relentlessly disdainful about his own origins in lower-­middle-class ­Bexhill-on-Sea, from which he escaped by way of a breezily won scholarship to the elite Lancing school and then a glide into Cambridge. ‘The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir,’ by David Hare 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z
To my mind, though, Mackay really shines in his lively but disdainful accounts of alchemy, the fanaticism and brutality of the Crusades and the persecution of reputed witches. Review | The 19th-century book that helps us understand the allure — and perils — of social media 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z
He is disdainful of authors who attribute literary accomplishment to miraculous inspiration, “as if the muses were whispering in your ear.” The bestselling literary sensation you may struggle to name 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z
That put him at odds with his parents, who do use it, but only, in his mother’s inimitable words, as “a judgment said with disdainful indictment.” ‘Empire’ and ‘black-ish’ Show Why Diversity Needs to Be Deep, Not Just Broad 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z
Their disdainful attitude toward an old Xhosa man they encounter on the mud flats — in the country’s racial profiling system, the Xhosa are black, a step below colored — is just apartheid paid downward. Review: After Apartheid, Who Are ‘Boesman and Lena’? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z
It features a soliloquising male, naked torso lit only by a flickering strobe, about to enjoy some action with a scantily clad female but existentially disdainful of it. Down with dark: why screen drama needs to lighten up 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z
To “disdainful comments,” reply simply — “I realize it’s hard for you to be home again, but I do ask for basic civility” — but otherwise don’t initiate any discussion of your relationship. Carolyn Hax: Friction persists between mom and son. Maybe he needs space. 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z
The enemy for disdainful Times readers of long ago was an editor who authorised kitting out a convicted criminal with a bugging mike in order to trap corrupt policemen. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z
She did not show up to accept either and remains disdainful of all prizes. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
This was one reason why he was later disdainful of educational fads, and of "Britain's egregiously underperforming comprehensive schools". Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z
Enter Problematic Bobby with the disdainful attitude and frequently flashed warning scowl. Books of The Times: Odd, Odd Case of Bobby Fischer 2011-01-23T23:14:39Z
The numerous blank canvases Salvador Dalí signed at the end of his life can be seen as a final act of disdainful rebellion. Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age by Jonathon Keats – review 2013-06-28T07:00:00Z
After the show’s cancellation, anti-censorship demonstrators gathered outside the Corcoran and projected his images on its facade, including another self-portrait, this one of a leather-clad punk with a pompadour and a disdainful snarl. Why Mapplethorpe Still Matters 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z
Her stage presence is part reluctance, part eye-roll — she knows what the crowd is going to be like, and she’s appropriately disdainful of it. Music Review: Danny Brown and Kitty at Irving Plaza 2013-05-08T21:58:46Z
Richard, a radiologist, has invited his estranged sister; Angela, her husband; Dominic; and their three children to join him and his new wife and appallingly disdainful stepdaughter. New Books From Maggie Shipstead, Harriet Lane, Mark Haddon 2012-06-27T19:55:30Z
Both were disdainful of “those looking to gain from Bergdahl’s story”. Serial season two: is it just a trailer for the Bowe Bergdahl movie? 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z
As dedicated as he was to form and structure, he was also a sharp social commentator, disdainful of the artificial. Inside the Wild Mind of Paul Taylor 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z
Mellencamp, 58, has established a reputation during his career as a bit of a loose cannon disdainful of music industry niceties. Rocker John Mellencamp likens Internet to A-bomb 2010-08-18T07:20:00Z
Writing in The Sunday Times before the announcement, Waldemar Januszczak, a critic who has often been disdainful of the prize, said that Ryan was “the real deal; a thoughtful, secretive, poetic artist.” Turner Prize Goes to Veronica Ryan, a Sculptor of Quiet Moments 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z
My own attempt to wear a radical mix of plaids during the grunge moment resulted in a disdainful once-over from the editor-in-chief of a magazine. Sure, I Have Fashion Regrets. All the Best People Do. 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z
I don’t understand why someone as disdainful of middle-class comforts as Anthony would have chosen to stay there. My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z
Aside from its casual homophobia and relentless references to drunkenness, there were also an unnerving number of disdainful references – and photographs – relating to her job as an ER technician. Kathryn Knott proves how shaky your patient privacy is 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z
Casually disdainful and airily patronizing, he is given tremendous gravitas by Harewood, a Black British actor cunningly cast against expectation as a white establishment figure who was taken to task for bigotry more than once. Review: In ‘Best of Enemies,’ a TV Duel Becomes a Theater Gem 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z
"Jimmy screamed all night long," George told me with a disdainful look. George Solomos obituary 2010-12-13T18:26:00Z
With him is Reid, violent, unpredictable and disdainful of Jack’s soft spot for Alicia. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 4: Thomas Abigail 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z
Sean Connery carried it off with icily disdainful style, perhaps at the baccarat table, in full evening dress with a cigarette hanging from his lips. Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z
Ms. Ceballos recently recalled Ms. Greer, who declined an interview request, as “her usual bored, superior, disdainful self,” and added, “But she was glamorous!” ‘The Town Hall Affair’ Recreates a Feminist Firestorm 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z
The middle and top of his voice remained virile, handsome and taut, and his narration cycled through a remarkable series of emotions — vulnerable, proud, sweet, disdainful, morally upright — before finding transcendence. Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z
For weeks, disgruntled viewers have swarmed the series’s review pages, published disdainful thinkpieces and even made threats. Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z
The movie is clearer and more persuasive about this chapter of Hudson’s story, adopting a more plaintive tone as it explores an atmosphere of disdainful hysteria that prevailed at that time. ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ Review: Living a Double Life 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z
One thinks of Faulkner’s “A Fable” and the mixed reviews it received, most of which were disdainful of the deliberate armistice between soldiers in trench warfare against each other driven by a Christ-like character. Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z
Gentrifiers on television are typically portrayed as one disdainful type: the clueless young white man. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Dateline,’ With Meek Mill, and ‘Vida’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z
But the new jokes mostly feel slow and hands-off, less disdainful than uninterested. Television Review: ?Mike Judge?s Beavis and Butt-Head? on MTV 2011-10-26T23:57:58Z
Even DiCaprio was, at times, openly disdainful of his adolescent admirers; members of his entourage were known to dump water on fans loitering outside his apartment building. 'Titanic' made Leonardo DiCaprio a Hollywood heartthrob. He's been avoiding it ever since 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z
"We will not accept such disdainful conduct against our constitution and our democracy," said Promise Mkwananzi, spokesman for the CCC. Zimbabwe MPs lose seats because of fake letter 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z
A country once known for dingy desperation sprouted gargantuan shopping malls; formerly disdainful waitresses became polite; parks got their grass mowed. For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z
It appears that Trump is an "equal opportunity disparager," doesn't care about anyone else and is probably disdainful of his base for their being such easy marks for whatever he wants to do. Don't look away: It's a mistake to ignore Donald Trump's interview with Tucker Carlson 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z
No, he or she is an outsider — the label that is catnip to voters disdainful of the two major political parties. Column: Vivek Ramaswamy is the star of the GOP's presidential amateur hour 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z
“I really desired to see the pine above my head,” he later wrote, seemingly disdainful of the danger. A Defiant Volcanologist Survived 5 Eruptions while Living on Mount Vesuvius 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z
For Kennedy, pushed as a long-shot presidential candidate by what political scientist Norm Ornstein termed “bozo billionaires” disdainful of regulation and taxes, attention is the whole, sorry, game. Debating Antivaccine Cranks Debases Science and Harms the Public 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z
The sonographer who conducted her ultrasound, she recounted, told her in a disdainful tone that she should have a home for the child lined up because drug users never leave the hospital with their babies. Draconian Laws Deter Pregnant Women from Treating Drug Abuse 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z
This was a statement victory by Verstappen, who won from ninth place on the grid with almost disdainful ease. Verstappen underlines superiority with statement win 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z
The idea for the finery grew from the tradition in Cockney culture of thumbing noses at London society’s disdainful view of the lower classes. London’s Other Royals, the ‘Pearlies,’ Keep Alive Cockney Customs 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z
The issue is this: Steve openly favors the youngest, “A,” and is openly disdainful of the middle child, “B.” Advice | Ask Amy: My boyfriend openly favors one of his sons over his daughter 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
Documents also revealed disdainful comments about Trump and Powell and tensions between the right-wing commentators and straight-news journalists working at the network. Fox News and Dominion head to trial in a potentially historic $1.6-billion defamation case 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z
He was disdainful of the mania for biography. Commentary: Richard Gilman, the complicated subject of a new memoir, helped raise the bar for theater criticism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z
This court continues to be its own worst enemy, lacking in transparency and disdainful of reasonable inquiries. Opinion | Was leaking the Dobbs opinion the perfect crime? It sure looks that way. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
This has led to a disdainful attitude toward the importance of protecting classified information. Classified documents: ‘Reforms are needed’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z
Musk has a history of combative testimony and often appears disdainful of lawyers who ask probing questions. Amid Twitter turmoil, Musk takes stand in $56 billion Tesla pay trial 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z
Many in India are openly disdainful of the colonial past, but the Morbi bridge, which spans a wide section of the Machchu river, seems to have been an exception. A look at suspension bridge that collapsed in India 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z
In other words, thoroughly American in the disdainful appraisal of the Brits. ‘See How They Run’ review: Saoirse Ronan charms in this mousetrap of a murder-mystery 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z
Johnson taps into those frustrations with her TV ad driving through blighted Portland and her disdainful lumping together of the two major parties. Column: Is Oregon about to elect an anti-woke, pro-gun independent as governor? Or maybe, gasp, a Republican? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z
“I’m no royalist. I was generally ambivalent and even disdainful toward the royals,” he said in a text. In Washington, tributes to Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy and strength 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z
Background: Throughout his presidency, Trump was disdainful of record-preservation laws and was known to tear up documents and in some cases to flush them down toilets. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z
Throughout his presidency, Mr. Trump was disdainful of record-preservation laws, and was known to tear up documents and in some cases to flush them down toilets. F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home Pushes Long Conflict Into Public View 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z
His purpose is more derisive and disdainful: “I . . . never found Trump that captivating as a stand-alone character. . . . Far more compelling to me were the slavishly devoted Republicans whom Trump drew to his side,” he writes. Review | This primal scream over Trump’s enablers provides only a partial catharsis 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z
As for the implications of the abortion ruling on society generally, Republican officeholders have seemed remarkably disdainful of the implications for the health of women and children of repealing the right to abortion. Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z
She is openly disdainful toward him, and it pains him that they don’t have a better relationship, but he also complains that she doesn’t act like an adult. Perspective | Dad and daughter have a fraught relationship. What can Mom do? 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z
“I’ve never seen a president of the Fifth Republic as bad as you,” a man told him during a campaign stop last week, accusing him of being “arrogant” and “disdainful” among other things. A Problem for Macron in France’s Election: ‘The Hatred He Arouses’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z
Both, they say, are disdainful and dismissive of Brussels, of political opposition, of questioning media, of the LGBTQ+ community. Victory for Hungary's Orban means a headache for the EU 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z
As someone with disdainful tendencies in her writing, I’ve never forgotten this comment, which implies it is possible to look after people in fiction without lapsing into sentimentality. Review: Chelsea Bieker's Central Valley stories teem with awful people. You'll love them anyway 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z
“The National League, rich and comfortable and therefore disdainful of gimmickry, has refused to adopt the rule,” the New York Times observed. The DH once threatened pitchers’ pride — and their manhood. Now it’s universal. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z
Putin — was being treated in an “insolent,” “contemptuous” and “disdainful” way by the West. Opinion | Rash Putin Razes Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z
“It’s about the relationship between a disdainful elite and a society that is disdained,” he said. A Problem for Macron in France’s Election: ‘The Hatred He Arouses’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z
Much of the Michigan party’s leadership is as disdainful of DePerno, who rose to prominence for his involvement in a widely debunked, Trump-embraced report that claimed Michigan’s electronic voting machines had rigged the 2020 election. A weakened Trump? As some voters edge away, he battles parts of the Republican Party he once ran. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z
Almost no one in the media, on the other hand, liked Eddie Murray, who was consistently disdainful of those wearing press credentials. Perspective | The only outrage in the Hall of Fame voting? How many people voted for Barry Bonds. 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z
Still, Gorsuch’s lack of a mask inside the courtroom seemed needlessly risky and disdainful of his colleagues. Maskless and Inaccurate 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z
“Every negro woman wants to set up housekeeping,” wrote a disdainful white resident of upcountry Georgia. Are we witnessing a ‘General Strike’ in our own time? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z
Ten months later, Trump is once again dominating the Republican Party, expected to run again in 2024 — and utterly disdainful of the Senate leader who helped save him. Mitch McConnell spent decades chasing power. Now he heeds Trump, who mocks him and wants him gone. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z
In their early histories, U.S. federal agencies were resistant to and even disdainful of prescribed burning. For forest blazes grown wilder, an alternative: The ‘good fire' 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z
Little kids waving signs echoing Thunberg’s disdainful refrain, “blah, blah, blah.” The spectacle of COP26: Inside with diplomats and carbon counters, outside with protesters and their manure 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z
These suburban voters, who remain disdainful of Mr. Trump, may not be reachable for Republicans next year. Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z
For the past decade, populists like Mr. Babis have often seemed politically invincible, rising to power across Central and Eastern Europe as part of a global trend of strongman leaders disdainful of democratic norms. Czechs Defeat a Populist, Offering a Road Map for Toppling Strongmen 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z
Traditional political factions, many of them attached to militias, have seemingly insurmountable power, and much of the electorate has become too disdainful of politicians to feel compelled to vote at all. Iraqis’ Frustration Over Broken Promises Keeps Voter Turnout Low 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z
A disdainful rant to those cyclists who shout “LEFT” and pass in an unsafe manner. Rant & Rave: A gardener finds a surprise in the soil: a wedding ring buried 15 years prior 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z
They have been particularly disdainful of charters such as Uncommon Schools, where Lemov is a managing director and where students from low-income families have shown high achievement. Perspective | Author of teacher bestsellers warns against flawed social justice concepts 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z
Russian authorities have been openly disdainful of claims that Russian intelligence operatives were involved in the poisonings. U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z
But the Subway in Summer was every bit as purposeful, ferocious, disdainful and defiant, accelerating as if to let itself jam on its brakes even more emphatically only moments later. Song of the Subway: Walt Whitman on the Downtown Express 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z
That made the slurs and disdainful references to gay patrons, discovered over the last two months in state records, even more revolting, said James B. Graziano, the director of the state’s alcoholic beverage control division. Liquor Laws Once Targeted Gay Bars. Now, One State Is Apologizing. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z
He left a trail of social media comments disdainful of Republicans and a call on followers to “destroy” President Donald Trump. House GOP hits FBI’s ‘suicide by cop’ ruling in 2017 attack on congressmen 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z
“We had a very unilateral view when it came to alliances as a nation, almost a disdainful view with regard to them.” Biden Goals Converge in Asia: Rebuilding Alliances and Countering China 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z
They use Ma’s products, but are disdainful of his mantras. 'Just spend' and 'just borrow,' Jack Ma told China's youth. Then came the bill 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z
History repeated itself with T20 which India were disdainful of and saw as a joke. 'India mirror Kohli in their dominance' 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z
Regarding Robin Givhan’s Dec. 16 news column, “Attorney general was a disdainful block of gray”: Opinion | William Barr is a #MeToo hero 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z
The former president served only four years in the Senate before rocketing to the presidency, and many Republicans complained that he was aloof and disdainful. Biden launches a quiet effort to tame the Senate, a mission critical to his presidency 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z
Some Boeing employees harbored a disdainful view of regulators and colleagues alike. Boeing’s 737 Max Is a Saga of Capitalism Gone Awry 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z
Whatever it is, that’s what West Ham are to Manchester City, who tend to wallop the Hammers with disdainful ease every time they meet. Fulham v Crystal Palace, Football League and more: clockwatch – live! 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z
“Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us,” they wrote, alluding to the president without mentioning him by name. Nearly 300 more former national security officials endorse Biden 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z
Several people who have dealt extensively with Mr. Trump have suggested that he takes a dubious, even disdainful view of his most loyal followers. Trump Has Called His Supporters ‘Disgusting.’ Do They Care? 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z
“Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us,” reads the letter by the group, called “National Security Leaders For Biden.” Paul Selva, once one of Trump's top generals, endorses Biden 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z
But the Trump administration’s decision to kill off Stars and Stripes was especially pointed given the president’s public antipathy toward journalists — and his disdainful comments toward military sacrifice surfacing in recent days. Trump Says He Will Reverse Pentagon Plan to Close Newspaper That Informs and Speaks for Troops 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z
Mr. Dukakis, proud and disdainful of politics, refused to believe these kind of attacks would hurt them, and did not heed the advice of his staff that he fight back. A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z
Trump’s embrace of the coal industry was one of his signature issues in 2016, part of his portrait of Hillary Clinton as disdainful of the country’s industrial workers. Biden, in new climate plan, embraces more aggressive steps 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z
Many of these actions looked more than excessive; they looked unlawful, punitive and disdainful. Trump Didn’t ‘Send In the Troops.’ They Were Already There. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z
He adopted an increasingly disdainful tone against the president. Can Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden Unite the Democratic Party? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z
But he has always been disdainful of the art of politics and had to be nudged into wooing even friendly Democratic leaders. How It All Came Apart for Bernie Sanders 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z
Speaking for myself, I used to be disdainful of — and, to be honest, maybe a little intimidated by — video chat applications such as FaceTime and Skype. Opinion | How to create togetherness without actually being together 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z
The disclosures about Mr. Steyer’s payments also prompted a disdainful tweet from Bakari Sellers, a former state legislator and one of the state’s most sought-after surrogates. Tom Steyer and Bernie Sanders Got Endorsements From Lawmakers on Their Campaigns’ Payrolls 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z
Campbell arrived on the European scene appearing disdainful, no doubt deliberately, of many of the EU’s complex and arcane debates, describing them as “eurobollocks”, because he feared a tabloid backlash if Blair was too pro-EU. Farewell Europe: the long road to Brexit 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z
Facing Thomas — a man of exponentially greater dignity in the hearing chamber — the then-Democratic senator from Delaware was condescending and disdainful, not to put too fine a point on it. Opinion | This may be Joe Biden’s worst nightmare 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z
Then came his famous, disdainful address: “When the seagulls” – theatrical pause for a swig of water – “follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you.” Eric Cantona and 'the hooligan': the impact of the kung-fu kick 25 years on 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z
Representative Nydia M. Velázquez, Democrat of New York and the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the House, called the move disdainful and contemptuous. Trump Attaches Severe Restrictions to Puerto Rico’s Long-Delayed Disaster Aid 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z
"The Iraqi government is disdainful of us liberating them three times. Let them fight the next time." Rand Paul says Trump impeachment trial should have 'all witnesses' or 'no witnesses' 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z
Colleagues were to expect a “tearful and very public withdrawal”, which, he writes in his heavily disdainful memoir, “appealed to the martyr, the emotionally deprived child and the showgirl within her”. Now Harry and Meghan are going, time to look at the true royal horrors | Catherine Bennett 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z
Grant had often been depicted in either laudatory or disdainful terms — as a brilliant military tactician or as a drunken boor who was a failure at everything except war. William S. McFeely, author of Pulitzer-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant, dies at 89 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z
Trump, as we know, is not big on moral codes and is disdainful of causes that transcend nationalism. Opinion | Trump has adopted the coward’s conception of heroism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z
“He’s just not worth it,” Ms. Pelosi added with a disdainful flourish. Pelosi’s Leap on Impeachment: From No Go to No Choice 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z
A painful lack of ambition in the opposition half; a disdainful lack of application in their own. Salvation for Tottenham after flat start to José Mourinho’s welcome party | Jonathan Liew 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z
As some of his leftist contemporaries departed from power, some with legacies tarred by allegations of corruption, Mr. Morales dug in, disdainful of the two-term limit imposed by the Constitution. ‘This Will Be Forever’: How the Ambitions of Evo Morales Contributed to His Fall 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
Lowry is disdainful of the notion that America is an idea, one based on those self-evident truths of the Declaration. Review | The inherently, intrinsically and inevitably flawed case for American nationalism 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z
We in the audience can listen to these boys whining, screaming, abusing, and know how richly the disdainful dances by their exes are deserved. Teen girls on TikTok are dancing to abusive voicemails. The new meme is as old as women’s rage itself 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z
He was disdainful of civilian life, sneering at classmates who wore their shirts untucked or arrived late to class. Adam Driver, the Original Man 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z
To raise that banner, disdainful of the hazard, defines the duty of a new or revivified republican party. When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z
He’s disdainful of the recent prepper craze, especially the reality TV shows that often focus on the most wide-eyed survivalists and hold them up for ridicule. At Fortitude Ranch, the cabin is for vacationing. The shelters are for surviving. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z
As London mayor, Mr. Johnson was particularly disdainful of female elected officials in hearings, they said, so much so that the officials formally complained, attaching a seven-page document with examples from 2008 until 2011. Women in Parliament Call Out Boris Johnson for His Incendiary Language on Brexit 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z
The US and Brazil, lead by nationalist leaders disdainful of climate science, have slowed momentum, with a UN report last week warning that the required ambition is lacking among most countries. US to stage its largest climate strike in history: 'Somebody must sound the alarm' 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z
Mr. Obama and his aides thought Mr. McConnell was disdainful and taciturn, according to former members of Mr. Obama’s staff. Joe Biden Believes in the Good Will of Republicans. Is That Naïve? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z
But in the office the following week, he berated Ms. Marquez, calling her message rude and disdainful. She Sued the State Over Harassment. Then the Gaslighting Began, She Said. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z
They feel he has been disdainful towards Europeans, treating Europe as a big joke. 'Something resembling hell': how does the rest of the world view the UK? 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z
But other parties in Northern Ireland, particularly Sinn Fein, are disdainful of the DUP for doing the new British prime minister’s bidding on Brexit. First job for new leader of the United Kingdom: Keeping the kingdom united 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z
This time around he showed he can be rude and disdainful toward America's Asian allies as well. Trump's latest overseas debacle: A meaningless photo-op, more damage to democracy 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z
Laura Morgan was so disdainful of her daughter’s mothering skills that she plotted with a relative on the Vanderbilt side of the family to permanently remove the child from her daughter’s custody. Gloria Vanderbilt, socialite and designer-jeans marketer who was the subject of a sensational custody trial in the 1930s, dies at 95 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z
Davis has been openly disdainful of Vierra, saying he fostered a culture of nepotism because several of his family members had worked for the district, including a brother who once worked as an assistant superintendent. ‘Buck wild’ school board meetings in Antelope Valley raise questions about racism, nepotism 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z
Trump, having pulled out of the Iran nuke deal, places a high value on confronting that provocative regime, but is also disdainful of endless wars. From abortion to immigration, endless battles that lead nowhere 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
Tens of thousands of working-class and feminist activists descend on the semi-enclosed space, where they’re met by soldiers and yeomanry being directed by the magistrates who watch the proceedings from a disdainful distance. Review | Mike Leigh’s powers of observation and storytelling fail him in ‘Peterloo’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
Indirectly, the pattern of abuse and coverup has made Catholics leery of priests and disdainful of the idea that the bishops are our “shepherds.” What Do the Church’s Victims Deserve? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
The two leaders share a chilly, almost disdainful relationship. Brexit: To ‘break the logjam,’ Theresa May will ask for short extension and negotiate with the opposition party 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z
That is not to say Puerto Ricans necessarily disagree with Mr. Trump’s criticism of the commonwealth’s leaders, even if many locals dislike the president himself, or the disdainful way he sometimes refers to the island. Trump Lashes Out Again at Puerto Rico, Bewildering the Island 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z
Belgian newspaper Le Soir described it as showing an "arrogant" Nemmouche in front of police with a "disdainful smile", arms folded. Life in jail for Jewish Museum murderer 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z
Bendine was disdainful of the compliance committee and never attended one of its meetings, one person with direct knowledge of the situation said. At Brazil's Petrobras, an uphill struggle to vanquish graft 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
Depending on their point of view, it’s either a disdainful reference to frothy rom-coms or a misogynistic put down of films about women’s lives. ‘Chick Flick the Musical’: A Chardonnay-soaked affirmation of a derided film genre 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z
Neuer kept on playing disdainful passes on the edge of his box, unruffled by risk. Bayern Munich Holds Back Liverpool, and the Inevitable, for One More Night 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z
The judges are often disdainful, addressing defendants in the familiar form of address, against court tradition. Turkey’s Mass Trials Deepen Wounds Left by Attempted Coup 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z
The judge who issued the ruling attracted attention one day earlier for his public excoriation of former Trump administration adviser Michael Flynn, saying he felt disgusted and disdainful of Flynn’s crimes. Judge blocks Trump policy denying asylum for gang and domestic violence victims 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
Nauert will arrive at the UN at a time when the Trump’s administration’s attitude to the organisation, always sceptical, is turning disdainful following the arrival of Bolton in the White House in March. Who is Heather Nauert? The new UN ambassador with little experience 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z
"It’s a great document to show how much Reagan treasures the idea of American freedom and how disdainful he was of Soviet totalitarianism," Brinkley said. Rare ‘classic Reagan’ letter offers insight into president’s anti-Russia history 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z
This past week, state assembly members have penned disdainful op-eds, and once it was officially announced, many local politicians put out statements condemning the dealmaking process. New York senators ominously quiet after Amazon deal 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z
In the book, Starr depicts Susan McDougal — who served prison time for her conviction — as a disdainful abettor of the Clintons, a designation that baffles her to this day. The Starr Report got a president impeached 20 years ago, and Ken Starr wants to remind you why 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z
The female James Bond – materialistic, campy, disdainful, having as much casual sex as possible – is of course a woman of the 1990s, the natural counterpart of the 1950s male. Finally, an enemy James Bond can’t escape – the 21st century | Martha Gill 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z
Scientific achievement in every field would elevate the young nation in the eyes of disdainful Europeans convinced that the American experiment was bound to fail. David Hosack, Revolutionary Nerd 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z
That doesn’t mean Katz is disdainful of the live theater experience. John Lithgow's latest stage isn't a stage at all: How theater is moving to your phone and car 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z
Cole says he’s not one for “method” acting – he does disdainful inverted commas with his fingers when he says the word – but admits he found it difficult to shake this one. Joe Cole: ‘I was ready to deliver a kicking’ 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z
That last comment was representative of many in which the reviewer mixed in disdainful Warriors references. Ayesha Curry’s restaurant in Houston is getting one-star reviews. It hasn’t opened yet. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z
That is now starting to happen, as those who were previously disdainful of the national side or apathetic begin to rally around the flag. ‘Ros! Si! Ya!’ Energised Russia is one nation under a World Cup chant 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z
The Long Island lawmaker says Cuomo is instead attacking Republicans for not backing his own proposals, saying he is “extraordinarily disdainful” of anyone who disagrees with him. GOP leader: Cuomo playing politics with school shootings 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z
Though it was ultimately a matter of a lack of transparency, it made Apple look disdainful of its customers and willing to obscure critical information from them about how its products actually function. The stakes have never been higher for Apple software 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z
A warmonger and bully, the national security adviser is disdainful of the bipartisan foreign-policy world and the governing institutions its members cycle in and out of. John Bolton, the world’s hope 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z
However disdainful Huxley might have been of our core boy-gangsters, in the end, he was too humane for a truly relentless apocalypse: his dystopias had escape hatches. Aldous Huxley’s nuclear dystopia at 70: Ape and Essence 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z
There, in a sentence, is the authentic Roth: neurotic, obsessive, disdainful and self-centred. ‘I did the best I could with what I had…’: writers on the Philip Roth they knew 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z
To one side is my opponent, who is holding her runner-up trophy like you might hold a dead fish — distant and disdainful. Exploring the complex relationships with teen athletes and coaches with Piper Weiss and Ivy Pochoda 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z
Joan Collins fans should be similarly pleased, because this is a wonderful opportunity to witness more of her haughty, disdainful press interviews. American Horror Story and Joan Collins are made for each other 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z
The president was disdainful of his secretary of state for being “too establishment” in his thinking and for disagreeing with him in meetings. ‘It was a different mind-set’: How Trump soured on Tillerson as his top diplomat 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z
Sessions was the first U.S. senator to endorse Trump's presidential campaign, and he did so when most of his Senate colleagues and the GOP were openly disdainful. As Trump assails Justice Department, Sessions hangs in — and pushes the president's hard-right agenda 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z
He lied his way to public power But to voters he’s disdainful. Opinion | This Snake Can’t Shed His Skin 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z
One reason the maestros of tech are becoming political targets is because they are seen as partisan and disdainful of middle America. Peter Thiel’s Warning to the Valley 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z
His first trial ended in a hung jury, with most jurors favoring acquittal, including some clearly disdainful of the government’s case. Opinion | Menendez is legally in the clear. That’s not exactly vindication. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
More recently, President Barack Obama was openly disdainful of Mr. Sisi’s harsh tactics yet left untouched America’s $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt. As Strongmen Steamroll Their Opponents, U.S. Is Silent 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
Now, with President Trump openly disdainful of international agreements, the likelihood of Washington’s signing the treaty would seem to be about zero. Opinion | Why Do Land Mines Still Kill So Many? 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z
Men in the study sometimes referred to their girlfriends using sexist or disdainful language, they wrote, and demonstrated an “us and them” mentality that suggested allegiance to their “bros” over their romantic partners. Men Are More Satisfied By Bromances Than Their Relationships 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z
The most deluded and disdainful of all the charges is “white nationalist.” Donald Trump ‘experts’ forget America First presidents 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z
Kaepernick’s public persona shifted, whether because of his distrust in media or because he was following the lead of Harbaugh, often disdainful of reporters, seeing little value in sharing information. The Awakening of Colin Kaepernick 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z
He has pledged to take no corporate Pac money and is unabashedly disdainful of big money influencing elections, opening calling corporate campaign contributions “bribes”. 'The new Obama': Abdul El-Sayed - America's first Muslim governor? 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z
Much of the European commentariat has reacted with a disdainful shrug to Mr. Trump’s ambiguous response to the violence that erupted over plans to remove one such statue. Barcelona, Donald Trump, Malala: Your Friday Briefing 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z
He was asked four times on Sunday about finally contending, and each time Reed dismissed it with an almost disdainful reply. A frustrated Patrick Reed after his first major top-10: "I play to win" - Golf Digest 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z
The letter indicates that Austen was perhaps not as disdainful of the genre as Northanger Abbey suggests, as she was still reading such fiction almost a decade after completing her parody. Jane Austen sensation: author's parody of trashy novel goes to auction 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z
His message to Britain was blunt, too, bordering on disdainful. China tears up promises to UK and shows the world who is in charge 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z
A Justice Department review of that force, announced last year, should be vigorously pursued despite the change in administrations to one openly disdainful of the need for police reform. Opinion | Philando Castile’s death poses questions that still need answering 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z
Other American presidents have offered similar complaints, but never in such a disdainful and dismissive manner, guaranteed to alienate key allies. Is Trump launching a new New World Order? 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z
“Is this about football?” said a disdainful Cherchesov, who played in goal for his country before and after the fall of communism. Russia coach has comic touch at Confederations Cup 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z
Hodgkinson volunteered for the Sanders campaign and was openly disdainful of congressional Republicans. The Virginia shooting is a Rorschach test for America | Ross Barkan 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z
This is a man chronically disdainful of NATO. Opinion | To die for Estonia? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z
Trump seems indifferent to, and at times disdainful of, this deeply rooted global commitment. Trump Abandons the Human-Rights Agenda 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z
Democrats were disdainful, though Trump must get votes from some of them to offset opposition from anti-spending Republicans for the initiative. Trump budget underscores new national priorities — slashing the safety net and taxes — but Congress will write its own 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z
His disdainful mocking of Efron’s character is one of the more amusing themes, especially the nicknames he uses: “Hey, One Direction.” Review: Even The Rock’s biceps can’t lift up ‘Baywatch’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z
“He hired political commentators who were openly disdainful of the mainstream media.” Roger Ailes' greatest legacy at Fox News? Donald Trump 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z
It’s an appropriately vulgar subplot for a story that seems more disdainful of the messiness of the family experience than celebratory of it. Review: Charmless ‘Wimpy Kid 4’ is a long, gross haul 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z
So when the video of the disdainful greeting emerged, Nigerian social media was stunned. Why Oba of Lagos 'snubbing' Ooni of Ife shocked Nigeria - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z
She is wary of the media and disdainful of her international critics, far more the steely politician than the global icon feted from capital to capital when she was released seven years ago. Aung San Suu Kyi: From human rights heroine to alienated icon - BBC News 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z
These days she is wary of the international media, disdainful of her international critics, far more the steely politician than the global icon feted from capital to capital when she was released seven years ago. Aung Sung Suu Kyi: No ethnic cleansing of Myanmar Muslim minority - BBC News 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z
Further asserting his self-possession, Trudeau allowed himself a disdainful glance at Trump’s outstretched hand in the Oval Office before he accepted it. Round by round: what Angela Merkel can learn from other leaders' Trump sparring 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z
The arrival of an administration considered disdainful of climate science has even prompted some climatologists to consider leaving the profession in fear of funding cuts. Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks' 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z
The typical Trump nominee has not been the ideologue but the glib billionaire, disdainful both of the Senate confirmation process and subject-specific expertise. An Emerging, and Very Pointed, Democratic Resistance 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z
Viciously eloquent and disdainful of emotional niceties, she’s all hard edges where most men prefer soft curves. Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z
For that matter, “I’ve never been particularly interested in children at all, as such. Don’t particularly dislike them. But I’m not,” and his tone turns crisply disdainful, “a ‘child lover’.” Raymond Briggs: ‘There could be another world war. Terrifying, isn’t it?’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z
But others have been publicly hostile or disdainful – and some are now openly resisting him. Happy birthday, Pope Francis – for God’s sake don’t retire | Paul Vallely 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z
"I don't watch TV any more," Svetlana told me, giving a disdainful nod to the 1990s-model set in the middle of the room. Why Russians watch TV news they don't trust - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z
Mr. Trump said the remarks showed that Mrs. Clinton was disdainful of his white, economically hard-hit supporters. Hillary Clinton’s Moments and Missteps: A Look Back 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z
He is now extending his argument and portraying the media as disdainful not only of him but also of everyday working people who are among his strongest backers. Trump Blames Media for His Bad Polls 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z
In a cover story in the Atlantic last spring, Obama was disdainful of Washington’s foreign policy establishment for its dangerous groupthink and eagerness to reinforce foreign policy “credibility” through force. Obama adopts a grand design to shape his legacy 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z
Whenever she is asked questions that touch on possible sexism and double standards, Clinton tends to assume a slow, sarcastic and vaguely disdainful voice. ‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’ 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z
To outsiders, Duterte is a puzzle — ideologically liberal, but disdainful of human rights; politically gifted, but often seemingly unhinged. The emergence of salty-tongued Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, also known for his calls to violence 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z
She found this outlook anti-democratic, disdainful of the views of ordinary Germans. The New Star of Germany’s Far Right 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z
The prospect of getting in on the ground floor of a Trump administration that is short on policy ideas and disdainful of old Washington hands amounts to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z
Obama, speaking from the Oval Office on Friday morning, appeared disdainful. Donald Trump finally concedes that President Obama was born in the U.S. after years of promoting conspiracy theory 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z
Schlafly’s endorsement was an anomaly among conservative women’s organizations, which have mostly been disdainful or silent on Trump’s run. Phyllis Schlafly won some battles, but she lost the war | Jessica Valenti 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z
The young bosses seem at best, oblivious and at worst, completely disdainful of non-professional staff, such as cleaning staff, maintenance staff, etc. How to Approach the Generation Gap in the Workplace 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z
It wasn’t a disdainful look, exactly—more one that said, “W.T.F., people?” Obama’s Powerful Message: Donald Trump Is Un-American 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
Fox News was crafted in Ailes’ own image - brash, combative, cunning; disdainful of mainstream media as elitist and liberal; and, like Ailes, positioned as a full-throated champion of the Common Man. Roger Ailes, a fallen TV titan who mixed politics and media 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z
Certainly not enough to support its disdainful, often dismissive, treatment of residual nationalisms and their democratic expressions. Brexit: Sovereign Kingdom or little England? 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
Her leadership style — volcanic, impulsive, disdainful and disdainful of the rules, set for everyone else, hasn’t changed one bit. Read Trump's Speech Criticizing Clinton on Foreign Policy 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z
At this point, Clinton’s voice grew especially disdainful. Hillary Clinton Makes History and Finds Her Voice 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z
He and his closest advisers are often disdainful of what they see as the think-tank consensus in Washington about how the United States should behave on the world stage. Obama Weighs Visiting Hiroshima or Nagasaki 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z
During his White House campaign, Cruz reveled in, rather than toned down, his bomb-throwing mentality, an approach that left many Republican colleagues disdainful of him when he was the last viable alternative to Trump. Cruz's long White House run could mean newfound GOP clout 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z
Trump is disdainful of free-trade agreements, leery of foreign intervention, less than strident on social issues and a champion of protecting entitlements. Trump’s improbable coup leaves Republican Party in an identity crisis 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z
Her seemingly disdainful reaction immediately went viral on social media. Donald Trump attacks Hillary Clinton as wins set stage for brutal election 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z
Louis-Dreyfus’s first lines of the season are said directly to camera, as she delivers a televised address that’s disdainful of both the political system and the American public. Veep's fifth season is a welcome refuge from real-world political absurdity 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z
The words left his mouth in an extremely disdainful tone. New York doesn’t appreciate ‘Ted Cruz values’ 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z
You have to be indifferent, if not disdainful of, elite media opinion. This is the right election to be unlikable 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
“He’d seen it all before, way too many times. His usual response was to look mildly disdainful and light a cigarette.” Aziz Alwan, a veteran Iraqi journalist, dies at 57 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z
There were no exit polls in Utah, so we don’t know if LDS women were disproportionately disdainful of Trump or, perhaps, his wife. How Donald Trump makes Ted Cruz look like a feminist 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
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
Mr. Trump on Saturday night was openly disdainful—his default mode toward competitors—of Mr. Cruz’s ability to win in New York, Pennsylvania and California. The GOP Race Isn’t Over 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z
Few expected that someone would be Diaz, who sneered into victory with the same disdainful glare he wore though the week. Conor McGregor paid heavily for his hubris against Nate Diaz 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z
It seeks to convey wealth and status; it’s boastful about itself and disdainful of rival products. The brand of Trump: His business record doesn’t match the luster 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z
Unlike when he was a disdainful eight and a half, Allen’s new size of eight and seven-eighths is more in line with the average and won’t raise immediate concerns when scouts run through his measurables. Hand sizes and psychological profiling: the NFL combine is peak pseudoscience 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z
But he also had haughty, disdainful side, with what Duncan-Barlow called a condescending attitude to his “little woman”. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z
“He wasn’t disdainful, but every year the black caucus wants to meet with the governor,” Stipanovich said. Jeb Bush got his way, and then he got a mess 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z
I imagined the young Charles, who had entirely failed to charm the disdainful princess, given a better face by Velázquez, his dignity restored to the point of grace. Laura Cumming: how Velázquez gave me consolation – and set me on the trail of a mystery 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z
"We get to a new country ... people stare at us," one actress says while others put on the disdainful looks they got on reaching Lebanon after fleeing civil war across the border. Through theater, Syrian refugees recount migration, look to Europe 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z
Zuma delivered a disdainful radio address reminding students that “defacing statues is illegal”, as if they were unruly children requiring a time-out. Why South African students have turned on their parents’ generation | Eve Fairbanks 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z
She is disdainful of what she rightly calls “the reactionary, open-mouthed shock in a lot of media, where women’s concerns are actually being given a place at the table”. Spike Trotman: from slice-of-life to smut, a comic book artist doing it her own way 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z
You know the story: God supposedly booted Satan out of heaven for leading a revolt of his fellow angels outraged by God’s undemocratic, Hague-worthy governance and disdainful trampling over their rights. All hail the Satanic Temple: Up close with the brilliant “Satanists” who drive the faith-deranged nuts 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z
In an interview with German newspaper Handlesblatt, Musk was disdainful of Apple’s reported efforts to build an electric car, to hit the market by 2019. Tesla’s Elon Musk Just Trolled Apple in a Big Way 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
That drew a disdainful response from President Obama, who described such proposals as “mumbo jumbo” and hinted that Ms. Clinton’s declaration was mere campaign rhetoric. Hillary Clinton was right to speak up on Syria 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z
Trump especially stands out because he’s so colorfully disdainful of almost everything and everyone in government. Candidates should focus less on their egos and more on fixing government 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z
“Francis’ fact-free flamboyance reduces him to a shepherd whose selectively reverent flock, genuflecting only at green altars, is tiny relative to the publicity it receives from media otherwise disdainful of his church. George Will: Pope Francis is a false prophet 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z
He was angry about its excesses and inequities, disdainful of materialism, and contemptuous of insatiable consumer appetites. How the Pope Flies: Across Four Continents with John Paul II 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z
But their disdainful hostility only fuels the strong sense held by Corbyn’s supporters, that their hopes of creating a better polity are always thwarted by the dark forces of the establishment. Jeremy Corbyn probably won’t be prime minister, but he can change politics | Deborah Orr 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z
“Career politician?” he said to her with a disdainful laugh. Has The Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders? 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z
And on the other end of the age spectrum, Millennials are disdainful of their generational name and all that’s associated with it. Millennials Don't Like to Call Themselves Millennials 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
But to walk through the world being perceived as actively disdainful is to experience much of it at a disingenuous arm's length, like being stuck in permanent IRL Oscars Twitter. I see your Resting Bitch/Dick Face and raise you a Permanently Arched Eyebrow 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z
Advertisement “Career politician?” he said to her with a disdainful laugh. Bernie Sanders Evokes Obama of ’08, but With Less Hope 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z
The 82-year-old, with a disdainful look fixed on her face, replied: “Couldn’t you tell?” Chita Rivera tells young performers to lose the lip-syncing 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z
The 82-year-old, with a disdainful look fixed on her face, replied: "Couldn't you tell?" Musical theater great Chita Rivera has advice for young stars: learn how to sing and dance 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z
Many Republicans on the committee were openly disdainful of the negotiators, including the men in front of them. House panel grills administration officials about Iran deal 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z
Q: Angola's urban elite seems very disdainful of the rural poor. Book Talk: The parallel worlds of Angola's oil oligarchs 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z
Mr. Kotlikoff was disdainful of the network that presidential candidates of both parties tend to rely on. Matchmaking Season for Republican Presidential Candidates and Economists 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z
So I have little patience for the disdainful greeting that some, like my colleague Jessica Glenza, have shown to New York State’s proposed bill to permit dogs to accompany diners at outdoor restaurants. Are dogs a restaurant diner's best friend? | Spencer Ackerman and Jessica Glenza 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z
“Call It Off” is a breakup song that dwells on the pleasure of new possibilities—the verses are disdainful and the chorus feels ecstatic. Shamir’s Androgynous Sound 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z
The paranoid crusader is not disdainful of his enemy. Learning to Love a Drug Lord 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z
The organisation's first members were drawn from the metropolitan elite, and they took a rather disdainful view of the blacksmith's son turned surveyor. Seminal geology map re-discovered 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z
His is the clinical, mordant, often disdainful amusement of a dyspeptic anthropologist studying a tribe he heartedly disapproves of. 'Tom Wolfe's Rooftop Yawp': George F. Will's 1998 Review of 'A Man in Full' 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z
Keep in mind the disdainful reaction last year when Hillary Rodham Clinton lamented that she and her husband were “dead broke” after leaving the White House in 2001. Today in Politics 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z
He is also used to attention - and slightly disdainful of his latest admirers. The bull whose semen is worth $3,000 a shot 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z
Many university professors, economists and other professionals — virtually all of whom work for the government — are privately disdainful of Cuba’s frozen political and economic systems. U.S. outreach to Cuba opens fissures among dissidents 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z
He won’t be baited into uttering a disdainful word about any of the Republican contenders, and adheres to the maxim that Iowans should only condemn those aspirants “who do stay out” of the state. Chuck Grassley's Gavel Year 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z
President Obama seems crankier this holiday, especially with Republicans beating up on his teenage daughters just because they seemed disdainful at the turkey pardoning ceremony. A holiday wish list for our friends in Washington, D.C. 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z
When Leibovich tried to focus the conversation specifically to immigration policy in New Jersey, Christie said, “Fabulous try,” before exhaling “a deep, disdainful laugh.” Christie still afraid of his own shadow on immigration 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z
“Fabulous try,” he said, exhaling a deep, disdainful laugh. Chris Christie Is Back 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z
“If you’re seen as being openly disdainful, you run the risk of diminishing enthusiasm.” Can Democrats hold the Senate by running away from Obama — and their own records?
It clearly troubled Panetta, who loved his time in Congress, that Obama “was believed not to have found his time as a senator very rewarding and to be disdainful of Congress generally.” Book review: Leon Panetta’s ‘Worthy Fights’
Metro Bank, therefore, is almost disdainful of using competitive interest rates to lure fans. The branch bites back 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Though Jaxon depends on technology for his hearing, he’s a little disdainful of those who count on it for magic. Welcome to Colon, Magic Capital of the World 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z
Mao tried to ban superstitions, disdainful of their hold on the popular imagination—if not of the Mao cult that arose in their place. No-cult zone 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z
Still, some lawyers seem disdainful of all the analysis. TV Habits? Medical History? Tests for Jury Duty Get Personal 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z
Height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the "waif" look — typified by British model Kate Moss — popular in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
Today, height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the “waif” look - typified by British model Kate Moss - that swept the industry in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
With his world-weary and sometimes disdainful style, Mr. Paxman drew his share of criticism. BBC Anchor Who Delighted in Blistering Politicians Is Stepping Down 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z
Gates is disdainful of the rhetoric from opponents. How Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolution
In the city, many people seemed uninterested or even disdainful. Where Some May Say No Thanks for the Memories 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z
No one will ever mistake it for Ibsen, but disdainful critics have learned that it meant something to some of us. Ann B. Davis: For the Bradys — and us latchkey kids — Alice was a saving grace
Cue disdainful groans from locals who fear that Brooklyn has become a bit too famous for its own good. To Hollywood, All Things Hip Lie in Brooklyn 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z
As New York’s mostly Irish immigrants fought to survive, Tammany offered a means for resisting nativists, sanctimonious Protestant preachers and upper-crust reformers who were disdainful of the poor and fearful of the Catholic Church. Book review: “Machine Made,” Tammany Hall and American Politics by Terry Golway
When officials roll their eyes at Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea with the line that this is “19th-century behavior,” the tone is not that different from a disdainful remark about a hairstyle being “so 1980s.” A 'teenage temperament'? 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z
“They are all about their brand,” Rogers laments, drawing out the word with an extra disdainful beat: “BRAAH-und.” Your Fellow Americans: Radio Killed the Political Star 2014-05-06T09:00:01Z
But the problems facing the world today will not wait very long for us to make up our minds whether Leo Strauss was right or wrong in his dark, disdainful view of who we are. 93 countries that have flip-flopped on Obama 2014-05-03T16:00:00Z
But on the day I met with him, I found him unusually outspoken, even occasionally disdainful. The Real House Candidates of Beverly Hills 2014-04-24T09:00:15Z
Nine years ago, the company opened a one-man lobbying shop, disdainful of the capital’s pay-to-play culture. How Google is transforming power and politics 2014-04-12T23:54:28Z
That congressional Republicans disdain women, which is itself disdainful — and invigorating to the base it’s her job to activate ahead of this fall’s midterms. Would Nancy Pelosi be speechless without inflammatory words? 2014-04-12T00:44:20Z
Of even greater concern for Tyrion, however, is the fate of Shae, as she continues in her role as most openly disdainful attendant of all time. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Fear Factor 2014-04-07T02:00:56Z
Before the match, Williams’s corner men were disdainful. Jailed for fixing boxing matches, Top Dawg Williams now reflects on his choices 2014-03-24T14:46:28Z
Government supporters interviewed by Reuters were disdainful of the demonstrators but also frank in criticism of Maduro for failing to right the economy or forge his own path. Venezuela's Chavez remembered with pomp and protests 2014-03-06T00:28:00Z
Government supporters interviewed by Reuters were disdainful of the demonstrators, but were also frank in their criticism of Maduro for failing to right the economy or forge his own path. Venezuela's Chavez remembered with pomp and protests 2014-03-05T17:05:35Z
In a wide-ranging interview at the Russian Mission on the Upper East Side in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Churkin was by equal measures coy and disdainful. With Tumult Around Him, Russian Diplomat Keeps Calm 2014-02-22T03:05:03Z
He spent little time there during his own career, and Democratic House strategists have long believed that Obama is semi-openly disdainful of the people’s House. Why Obama’s decision to ask Congress about Syria is a high-stakes gamble 2013-09-03T00:27:04Z
In a subsequent report, the Gwent PCC was criticised by the committee for what they called "this disdainful attitude towards scrutiny by Parliament, as well as an indication of a clear over-sensitivity to criticism". MPs 'cast commissioner as villain' 2013-08-27T11:34:05Z
In their report, published on Saturday, the MPs criticised the Gwent PCC for what they called "this disdainful attitude towards scrutiny by Parliament, as well as an indication of a clear over-sensitivity to criticism". Commissioner 'disdainful', say MPs 2013-07-20T08:02:13Z
Pratka, a computer technician, was a devotee of the wry, spare aesthetic of Texas country, and disdainful of the bubble-gum bombast of Nashville. West, Texas: The Town That Blew Up 2013-07-03T18:25:25Z
Mr. Gates was disdainful of Washington and politicians when he arrived from Seattle for his first Capitol Hill appearance in 1998. Washington Memo: Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple 2013-05-23T00:35:05Z
When I was younger, I was disdainful of the hordes of rush-hour commuters stuck in the rat race. My Generation: Hobbes and Locke on the 6:13 2013-05-20T17:34:43Z
Storey gives one of her long, hard, disdainful looks. Sarah Storey: 'Maybe the noise of the turbo trainer will settle my baby' 2013-05-11T21:00:09Z
For all the talk of business-IT alignment, the relationships are often poor, but in risk management, business leaders are almost disdainful in their evaluations of risk IT staff.  Banks On Track to Fail In Meeting Basel Risk Deadlines 2013-04-25T12:27:46Z
Feeling the disdainful looks from those around us, who made no move to let us in, we placed our notes and quickly retreated. Girls go to the Western Wall 2013-04-13T14:45:30Z
He is disdainful of those who ignore the data, or worse, misinform the public. Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist: 'We're trying to buy time for the world to wake up' 2013-04-12T18:45:01Z
To be sure, Democrats have no monopoly on empathy: some liberal reactions to Portman’s conversion were disdainful and decidedly not empathetic. Viewpoint: Only Empathy Can Transform the GOP 2013-04-03T10:50:20Z
We learned about Mitt Romney being disdainful of the 47% through amateur video that sat for several months on various publishing platforms before being more widely reported through Mother Jones, and independent news websites. The royal charter deals with the past, not the future, of 'the press' 2013-03-20T10:19:33Z
During the US election campaign he kept up a stream of disdainful tweets about Barack Obama in a forlorn bid to help Mitt Romney to the presidency. Rupert Murdoch's Twitter account offers revealing glimpse of character 2013-01-30T16:36:40Z
The look was disdainful, even contemptuous, and he looked very comfortable deflecting Federer's uncharacteristic outburst. Straight Sets: For Federer, Anger Goes Only So Far 2013-01-25T22:09:31Z
Bell makes it four boundaries in six balls, flicking Kumar up and over square leg – and then he makes it five in eight with a disdainful slap through point. India v England: fourth ODI live 2013-01-23T09:04:23Z
The disdainful look on his face showed me that we were already doomed. As HMP goes under, we can wave goodbye to underpant passion 2013-01-20T00:02:03Z
Even yield-hungry investors are disdainful of the structure, which one source called an abrogation of his fiduciary duty. Pre-cap loans a moveable feast for sponsors 2013-01-04T17:34:49Z
Dr. Badger, however, remains true to character: pedantic, smug and disdainful. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘A Wind in the Willows Christmas,’ at the Two River Theater Company 2012-12-23T02:50:02Z
He seemed to renounce his previously disdainful stance toward CEOs, saying: "I realize in the first four years my relationship with the business community was skewed." Obama's corporate charm offensive: wooing the Republicans' beloved base 2012-12-10T22:43:31Z
He appeared to be disdainful not only of his opponent but also of the political process itself. Obama Campaign Clawed Back After a Dismal Debate 2012-11-08T03:30:05Z
In the critical phase, during which he uses the words, Mr Terry can be seen to be smiling initially, before his facial expression changes to disdainful and contemptuous. Terry did insult Ferdinand - FA 2012-10-05T08:55:21Z
Yet, over the next few days, media coverage focused on the vice president’s interruptions, audible sighs and disdainful exasperation toward his rival, and largely ignored Mr. Bush’s substantive mistakes. Letter From Washington: In Debates, Obama Must Hide His Scorn 2012-09-30T17:50:05Z
Speaking to 12,000 supporters at an outdoor rally in the outer Virginia suburbs of Washington, Obama sounded a bit disdainful as he slapped Romney for promising “to get the job done from the inside.” Obama mocks Romney remarks suggesting president has given up 2012-09-21T19:19:36Z
Two disdainful boundaries were followed with a drag to Morris at mid-on. England v West Indies at the Oval in '91 2012-08-15T12:18:32Z
In reply to one of Vespa's disdainful questions, Monti simply said, "If you'll allow me, I'm not here to please you." Mario Monti and Italy: after the carnival, the meagre diet of Lent 2012-07-30T20:59:01Z
It may feature ranting bosses or a disdainful public. Should everyone have done a 'proper job'? 2012-07-11T09:11:39Z
Slender and disdainful, with a long narrow nose and slightly squinting eyes, she was wrapped in a sarong. Tessa Hadley: “An Abduction.” 2012-07-02T04:00:00Z
And yet it would be wrong to cast Lobanovsky as a "dry" figure, some clanking Soviet chess computer disdainful of human variation and seeking only the perfect piston-powered kicking foot. Euro 2012: Valeriy Lobanovsky, king of Kiev who was before his time 2012-06-15T09:59:01Z
The French dating team at Chauvet is disdainful of such a conclusion. Did Neandertals Paint Early Cave Art? 2012-06-14T20:30:00Z
Fabio Capello resembled by the end an unlikely fusion of disdainful high-class serial killer and the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Roy Hodgson liking John Updike will take some getting used to 2012-05-18T14:10:51Z
In his testimony on Thursday, Mr. Murdoch appeared disdainful of Mr. Myler, saying he “would not have been my choice” for the role. The Lede Blog: Updates on Rupert Murdoch's Second Day of Testimony in Britain 2012-04-30T15:57:29Z
I shall never get used to it," Norah vowed, with a disdainful glance at a particularly common-looking girl who, tossing the feathers in her hat like a defiant savage, called out: "God! The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z
The peers depart, dignified and stately, with haughty and disdainful glances upon the lovers. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z
They were slightly disdainful as though not caring to own such articles, thereby allaying any fears he may have had as to their intentions. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z
Venus alone had not forgotten poor Echo’s last passionate prayer, and was biding her time to punish the disdainful Narcissus. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
As for the rest of the wild beasts of the forest, he treated them all, without distinction, in the most haughty disdainful manner. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z
Betty, blushing and but half disdainful, studied the ground with a gravity that was not natural to her. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z
The Belgian swung round savagely, gave one disdainful look at the interrupter, and raised his arm with the intention of putting all his force into another stroke. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z
Randal suppressed the half disdainful smile that rose to his lip. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z
The only dignified way out of the dilemma was by treating it with light contempt, turning it off as a sorry jest, with a peal of disdainful merriment. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Perhaps—I can not now say if it were so—perhaps I resented the disdainful distance with which the gentry treated me, as we met in the hunting-field or the coursing-ground. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z
Wherefore Lad at once got to his feet and stood aloofly disdainful of everything and everybody. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z
The expression of their remarkable countenances, as they gazed at us, was very various; in some, it was cold and disdainful; in others, intense curiosity; in others, again, good-nature and simplicity. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z
Florence looked after them, and then turned to the girl with a disdainful lifting of her brows. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z
Accustomed to a disdainful mistress who interested herself not at all in their doings, the warriors were surprised and enchanted. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
His pleasant mouth curved into a disdainful line. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
It flew high over the island, wheeled round, passed directly over the trench, the disdainful target of innumerable Turkish bullets, then soared away northward. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z
As she spoke the disdainful droop of her lips became more pronounced, and her words were uttered in a note of petulance. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z
In contrast to this Romanesque art, as yet in bondage to convention, ignorant or disdainful of nature, the mature Gothic art of the Thirteenth Century appeared as a brilliant revival or realism. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
Her manner towards me changed completely of a sudden, and where I had previously met with smiles and kindly words, I got now disdainful looks and biting speeches. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
Then with a little disdainful gesture she swept into the adjoining room. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z
A proud woman she looked as she sat there; her hair light and silky, her blue eyes disdainful, her dress a rich purple silk, with fine white lace about it. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z
Openly disdainful of professional political operatives, Mr. Gingrich employs almost none of them after a mass exodus of aides in June nearly derailed his candidacy. A Test for Gingrich as Political Strategist 2012-01-20T23:48:06Z
I even feel that I must request the reader not to be disdainful of the puns that embellish the oration, since it is something other than the art of rhetoric that is here in question. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z
"Do you wish me to go all covered with sawdust?" said the little dandy, with a disdainful air. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z
The first drew up her head, giving her antagonist a disdainful smile; and the emphatical parts of her speech were, 'air of fashion,' 'delicacy,' 'mien of noble birth,' &c. &c. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
The officer, speaking anonymously, was generally disdainful of making arrests for seat violations, but pointed out that stopping people on these charges allowed officers to check them for outstanding warrants. Minor Offenses on N.Y. Subway Can Bring a Ticket, or Handcuffs 2012-01-07T03:08:25Z
Count Flemming was taller than ordinary, but a handsome Man; he had very regular Features, a lively Eye, a disdainful Sneer, a haughty Air, and he was really proud, and beyond measure ambitious. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z
She appeared to relapse into her former self—the enigmatic and disdainful virgin of the Basine library. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
His whole attitude, indeed, suggested confidence in himself, and the occasional glances which he bestowed upon his companions were somewhat disdainful, as though he despised them for their excitement and their lack of self-control. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z
He was perfectly miserable if she was in the least disdainful, and was as happy as an angel if she made the smallest show of affection. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
"They are not crocodiles," returned Maza in a dry, disdainful tone, without raising his head. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z
American companies had become “bloated, clumsy, rigid, sluggish, non-competitive, uncreative, inefficient, disdainful of customer need and losing money.” Why 'Shared Value' Can't Fix Capitalism 2011-12-20T16:19:26Z
She gave me a disdainful nod, and, without listening to my efforts to detain her, walked away so rapidly that I soon lost sight of her. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z
Really it seemed to me that the lightly disdainful attitude that he held towards all the world was a little emphasized towards me. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z
"I cannot imagine why!" exclaimed the lady, with a disdainful pout. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
His place is securely among the Olympians, where he sits, one likes to fancy, apart—a little lonely and disdainful. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z
Krishna:      Refrain your wrath, disdainful lady: Breasts that are globes of gold, and serpent-necklace, By these I swear,— If ever I touch another girl, forsaking you, May I be bitten by that necklace-serpent! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z
The three men stumbled upstairs disdainful of the morning's gold. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z
She returned at once to her brusqueness, cutting off gratitude with some ironical or disdainful speech. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z
The very next day, after some such meeting, he would find his mistress as cold as marble, disdainful of him, and, what was worse, absorbed in conversation with Escosura, in a recess of the drawing-room. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
Even these very temperate reproaches irritated my husband, and he asked me, in the most insolent and disdainful manner, what right I had to meddle in this matter. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z
By happy hap the tide of spring,— By happy hap this love's attainment, By happy hap this blissful night,— Damsel disdainful, will you forsake your Krishna's body, And spend your life henceforth in lonely weeping? Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z
His ambition must have been more gratified with occupying one of the first posts, even amongst beggars, than of cringing in an infamous and dishonourable capacity, under avaricious, haughty and disdainful priests. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z
I feared a disdainful reception from her, and I feared also an affectionate and cordial one from her husband. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z
The dame, who was proud and disdainful, held him in utter despite, for greatly he was against her heart. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
His complexion paled, it is true, and his mouth was restive, but his gaze was bold and almost disdainful. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z
The person addressed raised his head and replied, with a disdainful glance at his comrades: "Oh! something that I can use to take greenhorns in." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
If anyone objects to this shameless contention, its advocates contemptuously dismiss him with the disdainful remark: "That is the drivel of a layman, and no man of science would waste his time on it." Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z
"Give me one of your potatoes," she said, still unable to modify the disdainful tone of her voice. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z
You are on the look out for money, too, Di, so you need not be so disdainful. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z
A certain young man, Janot de Miron, had been introduced into the home of the Caron family and had fallen much in love with the rather disdainful young woman in question. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z
"Good-night," He watched her as she glided from the room, so slim and beautiful and disdainful. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z
René, however, was too disdainful of the persons he called his executioners to ask any favors. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
There is something very natural about this picture of the lover catching sight of his disdainful fair one playing with a little child. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
"Not even"—with a disdainful toe she touched the yellow-covered book that lay on the balcony floor—"not even your old Dumas fils can frighten me." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
After several years of torment, he succeeded in touching that disdainful little heart and thus his constancy was rewarded. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z
At length she started disdainful, an' angrily withdrew Into a shady thicket: where her grief kindly Sych�us Sooth'd with other memories, first love and virginal embrace. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z
He repudiated the disdainful impunity which apparently was inflicted on him intentionally. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
Though prepared for this discovery, Knevet could not repress his horror at it, and gave vent to execrations against the prisoner, to which the other replied by a disdainful laugh. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
The disdainful silence of her daughter made the Countess still more angry. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z
David, junior, burst out laughing, and his father was exceedingly proud of this mark of approbation from one who was usually so disdainful. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z
“You have done well,” said de Lumey in a disdainful tone. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Then, "She can get rid of" word missing, "mebbe, but she can't get rid of her mother—" "Well!" cried Stanley in disdainful disappointment. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z
These airmen continued their raids, a little disdainful of the fuss and excitement about the Handley-Pages. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
Sakovich came to her joyful and confident; but she greeted him with disdainful mien. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z
"There will be time enough to speak of that," said Mann, with a disdainful gesture. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z
Answer to their salute, O Lamme, my sweet one, nor be disdainful of the populace. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
That head could tower disdainful, like a noble bird of prey whose cries rend the air, or bow resigned, like the turtle-dove whose voice sheds tenderness in the depths of the silent forest. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z
The men for some reason or other thought my remark very amusing, but the women all looked frightfully disdainful, except Mrs Brand, who spoke one of her brief, eloquent sentences: “It must have been rippin’.” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z
His eyes did not lose their tenderness, but his smile was a little disdainful of the flashing chain. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z
But here——' and she finished the sentence with a disdainful little shrug. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z
At which tenderness of farewell Carruthers—steeled to all such weaknesses himself—gave a disdainful glance and a contemptuous twist of his moustaches, as he stood by the door talking to his mother. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z
"I do not believe it," cried the lady, with a disdainful lift of the head, though all the color had faded from her face. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z
Almost imperceptibly her mouth hardened its lines, and her eyes recovered their disdainful, independent fire. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z
It would be no better now; nay, it would be far worse, for was not the world one vast clamorous marketplace, no longer merely disdainful but actively antagonistic to the dreamer? Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z
In another minute this dainty little lady, with the sweet blue eyes and disdainful smile, would be gone from him for ever; and there was no hope for her,—none! The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z
The insult, the disdainful tone, froze my blood. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z
"Friend!" repeated Storms, with a disdainful fling of the hand. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z
I was fortunate that I never contracted any serious maladies; perhaps if I had been plagued by viruses I would not have viewed the routine blood tests with such disdainful inappreciation. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z
But if Stirling believes there are self-perpetuating factors that exist in these poor communities, he is convinced too that a generation of young people has grown up more disdainful of parents and community leaders. London riots: frightened and angry, Tottenham residents seek answers 2011-08-13T19:45:04Z
When the path is made any one can walk along it and express disdainful surprise that there should ever have been any difficulty. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z
Flora Montolieu arched her eyebrows, and gave him a little disdainful glance. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z
Notwithstanding her disdainful words, Judith was greatly disturbed. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z
For very often it is not so much our sentiments that shock others, as the proud, presumptuous, passionate, disdainful, insulting manner in which we express them.” Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
They came to Washington disdainful of such wheeling and dealing and promising to fix what members of both parties had come to describe as a culture of corruption. No threats, no favors _ debt ceiling vote a cultural change on Capitol Hill 2011-08-04T19:12:53Z
When they saw the islanders with the Spaniards they began to be disdainful, and to fight fiercely with our people with poisoned arrows. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z
There are coaches and ex-players - and even some current players - who look at the changes with a disdainful eye, believing it's brought a little too much humanity to this violent sport. Giant leap forward: Good riddance to NFL 2-a-days 2011-08-01T23:58:09Z
Dr. Kat Lieu from New York City sounded only slightly less disdainful. The New Old Age: In China, a More Western Approach to Elder Care 2011-07-27T17:22:17Z
Freke had been sitting all this time, while Judith, standing up, pale and disdainful, spoke to him. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z
The face of a countrywoman, no longer cold and disdainful, but innocent and gentle, rose up before him; and the struggle ended. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z
Funny, when I seek to characterize the transparently arrogant, sexist, and disdainful former Treasury Secretary, I actually think of that very sobriquet. Learning from "the Winkelvi" 2011-07-22T17:42:06Z
They were speaking of me, and the last voice, careless, indifferent, almost disdainful as it was, was that of Edgar Sellick. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z
It includes Italy, which, otherwise weak in the presence of the disdainful hostility of France, is thus assured a certain security and repose. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z
She had evidently been under the impression that her patience and the treatment to which she had subjected her prisoners would have had a different effect, whereas they were as disdainful and obstinate as ever. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
But he had self-mastery enough to repress the exclamation, confining himself to a disdainful smile. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z
And the only woman who was not crying was the baby's mother, who was too flattered, and one other who looked on with disdainful eyes. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z
After some demur, and disdainful rejection of more serious works, she was allowed Milton. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z
Master Grand directed towards him an upbraiding and disdainful look, without saying a word. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
She stood there looking very handsome and disdainful, pointing to the door, and the two officers had no alternative but to get up and walk towards the entry. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
The name of a young woman was mentioned, hitherto a rather disdainful favorite with society in the Cœur d'Al�ne—the wife of one of the richest mine-owners in the State. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z
His disdainful refusal to betray his own race did him no service. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z
A roar of laughter arose from the spectators, and his tormentor let go of him, uttering a disdainful “click.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
The latter words were spoken in a bitter tone of ridicule, which called up a disdainful smile on the countenance of the young knight. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
Helen raised her eyes and looked at him for some moments with an angry, disdainful stare of resentment. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
Actors have accused him of being cold in his manner to them, high and mighty, even disdainful. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z
Who would practise a vocation So unlucrative and painful, To deserve a designation Cruelly disdainful? The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z
He stood cold, erect, and disdainful—his tall, herculean frame looking quite majestic, as with a sneer on his face he listened unmoved to the shouts of execration around him. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
It was the straight nose with its slightly disdainful nostrils and the arched and clearly penciled brows that gave her face its real beauty—a nobler promise than was suggested by lips and chin. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z
Orrin kept step with her for several moments, studying the eyes that, black and disdainful, stared straight before her, and the mouth set in a close curve of pride, before he spoke again. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z
Betty’s nose, always inclined to an upward tilt, was even more disdainful than usual this morning. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z
Without waiting on further instructions, closing the interview himself with a certain disdainful impatience, he saluted and turned toward his guard. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z
She smiled, and gave her head a disdainful movement. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z
He spoke more heartily, though his always disdainful lip curled. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z
Suddenly, by an instinct not of fear but of disdainful certainty, her eyes closed before the impossibility of surviving a looming obstacle. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z
"One summer in the South, under such disagreeable circumstances, would alter any man's appearance," quoth he, twisting his black mustache with his long, brown fingers, and furtively reading her disdainful face. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
The disdainful and defiant look of the young soldier, contemplating the fate which awaited him, was a study for an artist. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z
She looked up for a moment without speaking, her eyes disdainful. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
Kent took the disreputable looking package, which was not at all improved by its long trip on 12 the Pullman and the many disdainful kicks the girls had given it. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z
The girl's eyes came to hers, cold, resolved, disdainful; but she did not reply. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z
She is never disdainful of her public, and she is never bored by her work. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z
Is there a cold, resentful bank wherein the late snow lingers that shall not finally cast off its disdainful ice and flash into verdure in response to the patient shining of the sun? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
But Kate only shook her handsome head, and smiled, fearless and disdainful. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z
随便看

 

英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2023 Newdu.com.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/13 17:40:02