| 单词 | disdainfully |
| 例句 | “Good grief, shouldn’t think a blaggard like you ever had a mother,” Basil sniffed disdainfully. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The priest looked down at the drunk disdainfully, and backed through the open door, which closed behind him, leaving the drunk on his own. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “All I need be here,” she had told Kira, speaking disdainfully of the village and its noisy life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “High time they put the RAF in kilts,” she remarked, flipping the hem of her uniform skirt disdainfully. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Had you mentioned magic or Faerie to any of them, they would have smiled at you disdainfully, except, perhaps for Mr. Dickens, at the time a young man, and beardless. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He was so impressed that he tried to give her his wristwatch, but she disdainfully refused it! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Thank you for sparing me that discomfort,” Van Eck said disdainfully. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Here are your sights, here are your sounds, and here,” he said, handing Milo the last of them disdainfully, “are your words.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z When he was in the streets, he’d ask autograph requesters if they played chess, and if they didn’t, he refused to sign and disdainfully walked away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he saw that nothing good to eat had been concealed there, he dumped the gifts disdainfully on his bed and did not bother with them any more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But he saw how she looked away disdainfully, and he followed her example faithfully, as he’d done in a hundred Oxford battles and campaigns. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “If your mother were alive, she’d say that those who always win are going to win again,” Senator Trueba replied disdainfully. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Senator Trueba followed the returns from his party headquarters, perfectly relaxed and good-humored, laughing disdainfully when any of his men showed signs of nervousness at the unmistakable advance of the opposition candidate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tried to murder him?” said my convict, disdainfully. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “You are hardly the first student to covet the diadem,” she said disdainfully. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With what seemed a single movement she tore off her clothes and flung them disdainfully aside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to C.P. that black children were treated as disdainfully as his kids were, and it puzzled him to hear it now. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “But I don’t believe that a revolution is pending. Revolutions come through concrete historical processes ...” “You’re an intellectual,” he said, smiling disdainfully. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled a little disdainfully and said, “Maybe you are too young.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The area is now blighted by toxic landfills overseen by officials who view federal environmental regulation as disdainfully as Meaher once viewed Congress’s ban on the slave trade. A Shipwreck Leads to a Reckoning 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z “These are not beans,” he said, pointing disdainfully at a supermarket string bean. ‘Victuals,’ reviewed: A love letter to Appalachia, with recipes 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Has Mia come here merely for the sake of her disdainfully pointed art project, photographing the Richardson family and other Shaker Heights denizens in their spoiled splendor? Review | The sparks fly in Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ but it’s hard to sustain the heat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Roles spoke disdainfully of what she called “garbage directly from Oriental Trading,” referring to a Web site that specializes in goody-bag fillers. Gifts to Young Party Guests Irk Some Parents 2012-02-29T22:54:38Z At the military encampment, Ramchand becomes the servant of a female military official of a higher caste who, to the boy’s chagrin, treats him disdainfully. | 'Ramchand Pakistani': A Boy Caught in the India-Pakistan Crossfire 2010-04-20T22:55:00Z He starts the concert in suitcoat and sunglasses, disdainfully chewing gum as he belts out riffs that are both familiar and in his hands new. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z We’ve scanned it from afar, surveyed it up close, put it behind glass; looked and looked, wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z In case her reservations about storybook romance weren’t clear, she adds a disdainfully silky refrain: “Cliché, cliché, cliché, cliché.” Pop: Mrs. Carter on Her Tour 2013-07-26T20:07:47Z He was eventually released in 1967 and enrolled in law school – one of several attempts to become, as he puts it disdainfully, "normal". Paulo Coelho on Jesus, Twitter and the difference between defeat and failure 2013-03-17T19:30:00Z In “The Big Country,” from 1978, a man flies over the heartland and says disdainfully, “I wouldn’t live there if you paid me.” Inside David Byrne’s Cheerful Dystopia 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z From the start, McDonald’s Holiday seems intent on reinventing herself: “I’m the new Billie now, and I don’t need flowers,” she announces, disdainfully handling a box of her trademark gardenias. Review: Audra McDonald's Lady Day on HBO is a Moving Parable of Fame 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But we rarely seem to be aware that during all that time Africans have been looking back at us — wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z Persistent colonial assumptions about the irrationality of Indian religions meant that some of Bapu’s doctors were disdainfully dismissive. In ‘Strangers to Ourselves,’ a Revelatory Account of Mental Illness 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z When we hear our cuisine described as exotic, hodgepodge, greasy or cheap, you might as well be remarking disdainfully about our clothes or skin color. Why everyone should stop calling immigrant food ‘ethnic’ 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Dishes prepared by Child, she snorted disdainfully, were merely good hotel fare, nothing special. Review | ‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z As the prosecution presents its case, Maja thinks disdainfully about almost everyone. ‘Quicksand’: Sweden’s latest blockbuster thriller lives up to the hype 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But Mr. Cohen disdainfully calls them “the Etsy girls” and laments their effect on the Bowl: “It became all about ambience.” The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Goodman said disdainfully: “There are people who buy and sell art as if it were shares in ranches or something that like.” Marian Goodman, Art’s Quiet Matriarch, Hopes the Market Cools 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z How about having some respect for the things that people have written and taken the time to do, instead of holding yourself disdainfully? “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z When the professor asks the students to say what it’s about, one of them says disdainfully, “It’s about a really privileged girl just deciding she’s going to let someone abuse her.” ‘Togetherness’ Joins ‘Girls’ on HBO’s Sunday Night Roster 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Like Siobhan, she is a sexual creature, full of lustful yearning, but she dreams of handsome bulls, not of Jimmy — or as she disdainfully calls him, “ze oaf.” Review: In ‘Charolais,’ Competing With His Mother and His Cow 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z When the 79-year-old star took a tumble on the Baftas red carpet a few weeks ago, I did think his girlfriend, 40, looked slightly more disdainfully appalled than solicitous. The more dysfunctional the royals are, the more their fans love them 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The actress playing Nightingale responded disdainfully: "The nursing corps was for British girls. You're from Jamaica." BBC rapped over Nightingale sketch 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z “They are looking disdainfully at him — imperious, unmoved.” How a Rembrandt Masterpiece Evolved 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And here’s Irving, disdainfully responding to reporters asking if they might speak with “Miss Terry”: Review | ‘Shadowplay’ imagines Bram Stoker’s inner life and his path to ‘Dracula’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The problem is that the tasty otoro has a crumbly, falling-apart texture in the mouth likened disdainfully by Bob to “eating sashimi marshmallows.” In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z More devastatingly, he finds himself sentenced to live past the Georgian era into the frowzy Victorian age, which could not suit him less, with its “sanctimonious” attitudes and “piety,” as he disdainfully proclaims. Review: ‘Being Mr. Wickham’ Tracks a Rake’s Progress 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Pink remains associated with femininity to this day—but in recent decades, groups once disdainfully branded with the color have made moves to reclaim it. Barbie’s signature pink may be Earth’s oldest color. Here’s how it took over the world. 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Channeling her pain into scorn, Mariche speaks disdainfully not only to the male schoolteacher enlisted to take notes of the session, but also to other survivors. Jessie Buckley is brave enough to be scared 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z At the conclusion of Trump's 2020 "State of the Union" speech to Congress, Pelosi disdainfully tore in half a printed copy of that address as she sat behind him during the nationally televised event. Trump is not 'man enough' to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z In drawings and in conversation, Crumb refers disdainfully to “the wokies,” even as he claims to be on their side. R. Crumb Means Some Offense 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Donald Trump himself spoke disdainfully of those protections during the 2016 presidential campaign, in reference to Clinton campaign staffers who had taken the Fifth to avoid testifying about Clinton's famed email server. The Republicans had a plan for their judges — and it went way beyond Roe v. Wade 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z When I interviewed him a few years ago, he said disdainfully, “Life is too short to work with bands.” It's still very, very good to be Duran Duran 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “Your misogyny is showing,” wrote another, who added a GIF of a woman disdainfully tilting her head. Politicians dread the sting of #KHive, the fervent online fans of Kamala Harris 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z They saw themselves as an “axis of adults,” Bolton writes disdainfully, who would steer Trump away from his cloddish foreign policy instincts and campaign promises. Bolton book tells all about Trump — except what makes him tick 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Generic grocery store bagels are disdainfully referred to as “bagel-shaped rolls”within the Reingold family and are not allowed to cross the threshold of the house. From New York to Seattle: A story of one family’s obsession with bagels 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Warren’s fellow senator Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, delivered a charmless explanation of why a better world is not possible, disdainfully dismissing Warren’s policy agenda of free college and universal healthcare as impossible pipe dreams. Democrats began sorting wheat from chaff. Beto was chaff | Moira Donegan 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z "I have no idea what he said," Gell-Mann replied disdainfully. From My Archives: Quark Inventor Murray Gell-Mann Doubts Science Will Discover "Something Else" 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z I remember how cruel people were to my mother when she was going blind, how even one of her doctors lied disdainfully, keeping part of her diagnosis private. “Privacy” 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Her mother sits on the couch, observing disdainfully, as she advises her daughter not to buy into the fantasy. Writing the modern rom-com: How the creators of 'Isn't It Romantic' twisted tropes to both satirize and satisfy 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Trump has tweeted disdainfully about Roberts since 2012, when the chief justice wrote the opinion upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature domestic program. Chief Justice John Roberts denounces Trump's criticism of a federal jurist as an 'Obama judge' 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Aridjis is darkly, disdainfully hilarious about the banal vulgarity at play in the encounters his campaigns have led him to. Can this man save Mexico's natural wonders? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z You’ll want to slap Drew when he tells Morgan, disdainfully, that she is a “little too much.” Review | Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis made a spy comedy, and somehow it’s really not funny 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Hampson, who is 45, recalls coaches in his youth who would routinely “try to push someone to breaking point” or disdainfully inform a class that they “only teach talent”. Death of the dance dictators: ballet in the wake of #MeToo 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z For as they left the field at the Cosmos Arena, not so much beaten by Uruguay as disdainfully swatted aside, Russia’s players actually heard some jeers from their own fans. Finally, a Loss for Russia. But Only on the Field. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z He was angry that staff members preparing food were speaking Spanish to customers, when, he said disdainfully, they “should be speaking English.” ‘Disgusted’ Officials File Complaint Against Man in Anti-Immigrant Rant 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z A former Singaporean official once talked disdainfully of a “crutch economy”, in which the rich were taxed heavily to support the poor. How developing countries weave social safety nets 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z "I've met him," Rodgers said of Donald Trump, disdainfully shaking his head while wondering how deeply he wanted to wade into this topic. Nile Rodgers' influence stretches all over Coachella, beaming the sound of a better future 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Her success is what researchers disdainfully call “anecdotal evidence,” however. Some Older Smokers Turn to Vaping. That May Not Be a Bad Idea. 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z One bystander disdainfully asked, “You enjoy your job?” He Excelled as a Detective, Until Prosecutors Stopped Believing Him 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “You’re the enemy,” he said, adding disdainfully: “You support a radical idea, free trade. I mean it, that’s a radical idea.” The future of Bannonism 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Hannity disdainfully ran clips of Democrats condemning Trump Jr and whispering treason. Hannity vs Trump Jr: Fox host fires blanks in friendly chat about Russian meeting 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The following day, in his presentation, Gorbachev disdainfully described Dr. Brzezinski as an unreconstructed Cold Warrior. Zbigniew Brzezinski, foreign policy intellectual who served as Carter’s national security adviser, dies at 89 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Bannon spoke disdainfully and at length about the real threat he identified facing the nation: a critical media that he likes to call “the opposition party.” Steve Bannon lifted his mask of death at CPAC. It wasn't a pretty sight | Richard Wolffe 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z DeVos, he pointed out disdainfully, had sent her own children to private schools. Teen-Agers Against Trump 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Trump will look at his potential business conflicts the same way he did his taxes: By disdainfully dismissing it as none of of anyone's business. Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Instead, disdainfully and characteristically, he produced it as an executive agreement. A ruinous triumph for the GOP 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The idea is also to bring in enough strongly conservative voters to keep out the regulatory creep smothering liberty in places like California, a state many redoubters disdainfully refer to as “the C-word”. The last big frontier 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The word “Hillary” was spoken disdainfully onstage that day more often than “Trump” or “America”, and four times more often than “economy”. Donning the mantle 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z I wrote disdainfully of David Stratton’s refusal even to see the movie. 'A certain sort of maleness': Helen Garner on a week spent watching Russell Crowe films 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z These are places that are treated very dismissively, and very disdainfully, and they’re places of such human richness, and places that humans have human encounters. Garth Greenwell on his debut novel: 'I've been cruising since I was 14' 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He then goes on to disdainfully read aloud from its pages. Watch a German Literary Critic Review Ikea's Catalog 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z “The so-called best surgeons are only doing the most straightforward cases,” he said disdainfully. Giving Doctors Grades 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Samuels's occasionally scratchy century went almost unnoticed as Gayle repeatedly cleared the boundary, swinging disdainfully over mid-wicket and driving powerfully straight. Gayle's 215 sets up West Indies win 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Lublin grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, a city that she disdainfully identifies as “the insurance capital of the world.” R U There? 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Hawking is poised disdainfully above, ready to unleash a shower of boulders to flatten the spy. Stephen Hawking says he'd make the 'ideal' Bond villain, and we know exactly why 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Lest we forget, Paulson’s billions were the result of investors in the markets not only disagreeing with him, but disdainfully so. Stanley Fischer's 'Systemic Risk' Hubris Sets The Stage For The Next Fed-Created Crisis 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Some authors are even opting to bypass the group of firms they refer to, somewhat disdainfully as “New York publishers”, in favor of going indie. Want to self-publish your immortal novel? That'll be $6,000 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “They think that Italy today is better than it was before,” he added disdainfully. Standing Guard Over a Monarchy’s Tainted Legacy 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Many Brazilians disdainfully speak of an Argentine "invasion" in this most Brazilian of Brazil's cities. Argentine soccer fans get rowdy in Rio 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z “And you are the lowest of the low,” says my host disdainfully. Davos: A High Old Time For CEOs - If They'll Let You In 2014-01-21T18:29:00Z Warner disdainfully launched the Yorkshireman's second delivery over long-on for six and, though he was caught in the covers by Bell off Stokes in the 21st over, England were never able to restrict the scoring. Australia beat England to win series 2014-01-19T10:52:24Z He silences critics by writing disdainfully in one corner, "Scale of six inches to one mile―can't you read?" The map that saved the London Underground 2014-01-10T01:10:43Z She was at heart a populist taking on the Conservative party’s old guard, who disdainfully referred to her as “That Woman.” Sarah Palin thinks she’s Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-08T21:26:00Z Some Californians react disdainfully to anyone from out of state who still harbors illicit associations with the drug. Stigma Fading, Marijuana Common in California 2012-12-21T01:40:12Z In the first years, Stengel used to pitch his aces in a summer charity game for the Mayor’s Trophy, while the Yankees disdainfully called up pitchers from the minors. Sports of The Times: Knicks-Nets Will Turn Into a Rivalry to Join New York’s Rich Past 2012-11-26T02:28:46Z The book is his story, so it is no great surprise that he professes his innocence throughout and complains disdainfully about the Italian judicial system. Knox’s Ex Tells All 2012-09-18T08:45:00Z He flips through a few more pages and disdainfully tosses it to the floor alongside a pile of keyboards, cables and cords. Professor Billionaire: The Stanford Academic Who Wrote Google Its First Check 2012-08-01T15:58:49Z They speak disdainfully of soldiers they view as treading too cautiously in confronting the enemy. Alawite fortress and Sunni wasteland in Syria's Homs 2012-06-19T09:10:03Z When I was younger — and living in Edmonton, a frozen city in Western Canada with the world’s largest cowboy boot — family and friends spoke disdainfully about America, and their lack of politeness and deference. Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z Frank smiled grimly, disdainfully, over the letter, then deliberately tore it into shreds. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Out of patience at last, she disdainfully turned her back and retired inside the cabin behind a mat screen. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z This done, he straightened himself, folded his arms, and looked disdainfully upon the white men. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z How proudly and disdainfully had he declared that no shadow, no slur should attach itself to his life, that he must ever bear himself before the world with a clear conscience and unsullied brow! Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z "He knows we always keep the rooms full of them," remarked Miss Stowe, rather disdainfully. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z "How horrid!" said Nancy, looking disdainfully at the unwitting back before her, at the shining black hair above the high white collar, and at the irreproachable hat sitting correctly on the top of it all. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z In the golden book of wit and wisdom, Through the Looking-Glass, the Unicorn rather disdainfully remarks that he had believed children to be fabulous monsters. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z But in Naples a geologist lay waiting disdainfully to demolish him. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z To all who here sniff a little disdainfully at a whole chapter given to flower scents, let me repeat the Oriental proverb:— "To raise Flowers is a Common Thing, God alone gives them Fragrance." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The girl's languid indifference was less marked now, for there was a spot of color in her cheek, and her lips were set disdainfully. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Proudly, disdainfully he had flung the taunt back in men's faces. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z She looked at the man coldly and disdainfully. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Meanwhile Ampoule waited disdainfully at the other end of the lists, and as one who scarcely expected his adversary to appear made his blade whistle in the air. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z When his picture was finished, he received visitors and had offers for it: these, though in her opinion liberal ones, he had refused so disdainfully as to make enemies of his customers. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Dr. Schaff even "poked" the stone disdainfully with his staff, perhaps thinking it would become like Aaron's rod that budded. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z How long was it ago that she had disdainfully given up all hope of influencing him? The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I loved you long and tenderly, I urged my suit with tears; But coldly and disdainfully You crushed the hope of years. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z He disdainfully turns aside from her supplication, whilst Death, fantastically crowned with leaves, unexpectedly lays violent hands upon him. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z "A kick in the face will do him good," replied Sidney disdainfully. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z As might have been expected, Lola spoke somewhat disdainfully of women who preferred to vote rather than to cajole the men who voted. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The fat black horses pawed the gravel disdainfully, shaking their jingling harness, as the liveried footman dismounted from his perch and approached the mistress of the house. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z "Well, you might ask Judge Hendricks why he doesn't read the papers once in a while," replied Miss Trevor, her black eyes snapping and her thin upper lip curling disdainfully. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Then he shrugged his shoulders disdainfully, and sank once more into motionless silence. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z "I don't know, I don't know," and she turned away still smiling a little disdainfully. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Low as it was, the girl overheard the remark; she pouted disdainfully and went straight to the dining-room, without betraying the gratification his spontaneous admiration had given her. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z "But the four women forced their way through the men who surrounded them, saying almost disdainfully: "'We ain't for you to-night. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z He shrugged his shoulders without answering, and turned his eyes away from me disdainfully, as he again pulled the cord. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z She shrugged her shoulders, and pursed her lips disdainfully. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z She pouted her under lip disdainfully, and her eyes had a spiteful glitter, as if to say: "And what do I care?" Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z "I can break a lamb's back with my talons," assented Eagle, ignoring the sublime disdainfully, "but I wouldn't trust my nest within reach of any Man—they're a lot of thieves." The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z I looked at him disdainfully up and down. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z She turned her back disdainfully and left the room. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Do�a Clorinda immediately retorted, looking daggers, and went away, haughtily and disdainfully, while Valeria looked at the ceiling in despair. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z “Yes, from the same dirty source, I suppose?” said Maria Alexandrovna, smiling disdainfully. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z "Phuff!" retorted Boar, disdainfully, "many a nest of Cobra eggs have I rid the world of." The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z Israelis who leave are “yordim,” Hebrew for “going down,” often uttered disdainfully. After American Outcry, Israel Ends Ad Campaign Aimed at Expatriates 2011-12-03T00:58:30Z Prudence’s small chin was elevated, her lip curled disdainfully. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Outside Judge Susan Larabee’s courtroom in Manhattan Family Court, an officer flashed his badge and said disdainfully, “You don’t just walk in.” At New York Family Courts, Rule Requiring Public Access Isn?t Heeded 2011-11-18T04:08:56Z He could not resist making the remark disdainfully. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z A nose that could pucker disdainfully on provocation, and it never needed a greater than its owner’s doubt of the sincerity of the person addressing her. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z “I’m sure I wouldn’t want my dining-room to be a barber shop,” she added disdainfully. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z They all think in Haworth that I have disdainfully refused him. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z As she could not afford to throw up her job, she continued to bear the grins disdainfully. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Keyes came next, and eyeing the assemblage disdainfully, went up the ladder, and threw himself off with such force that he broke the rope, and was instantly despatched by the executioner and his assistants. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Minnie looked incredulous, and turned over her brother's worn jacket with the tips of her rosy fingers rather disdainfully. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z ‘When we wed, it will be with F�es!’ they said disdainfully. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z He purchased a newspaper, glanced disdainfully at the headlines 114 on the first page, and was chuckling over a cartoon on the sporting page as he leisurely began to ascend the stairs. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z "She ain't one of us," piped up a youthful patrician, disdainfully. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z She looked the dainty young figure disdainfully up and down, then her eye caught the sheaf of roses lying in a fragrant tangle close to the foot of the stairs. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z “Does this low fellow go with us?” the dog growled disdainfully. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z While he watched her, she turned as disdainfully as she had turned from Roane, and ascended the stairs. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z She was proud, and she looked down on the members of the congregation almost disdainfully. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Joan Darc smiles disdainfully at hearing these ecclesiastics condemn her for having endeavored to escape her enemies who sold her for ten thousand gold sous to the English. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z "Just wait till I quench my thirst," said the giant disdainfully, as he stooped down to what he supposed to be his fountain of strength, and drank a long, deep draught. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Mrs. Brunger snorted disdainfully; and the look she gave her daughter caused the girl to shrink closer to the wall. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z I flushed, then smiled disdainfully at the uplifted nose of Anna Cleeve who followed in her wake. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z ‘The Small People never put anything of value into these common brown things,’ he said disdainfully, just glancing at the purses in her lap. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z "He may neglect me if he please, I am sure I do not care," rejoined Fay, disdainfully; "only I do wish, Sydie, that you had never brought him here to make us all uncomfortable." Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Oh! if it is only gold and silver," said the crab, disdainfully, "you should see his majesty's dominions. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Now it was disdainfully tossed upon one side. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But I was not surprised that they got up in a group and strolled off sniffing disdainfully. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He accordingly proposed a partnership to him, a proposal which, fortunately for the former, was disdainfully refused. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z In the eyes of some of the women was jealousy, and I saw them draw up their shoulders disdainfully, yet they never took their eyes from Mistress Constance's face. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Tom passed the insult disdainfully and retired behind his paper with insulted dignity. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Usually when a visitor goes round with the "chief," the men make it a point of honour to turn away their eyes almost disdainfully. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Raphael never wearied of speaking disdainfully of the magistrate and his social circle, and he required no power of invention to find grounds for his criticisms. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The buds are like babies,—no, they’re prittier than babies,” glancing disdainfully at those around her; “but rose babies would be prittier and 11 sweeter, wouldn’t they?” with a wan little smile. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z He turned almost fiercely—"She will yet live!" he passionately exclaimed; and the Brahman replied, calmly and disdainfully, "If she be the daughter of Sarma, she will die!" Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z Then, as his comrade slowly replaced his watch in his pocket, the prisoner spoke a few words disdainfully, and Dane could feel his fingers contract as he waited for the interpreter's answer. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z "No one will rob you," and he drew disdainfully aside. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “You threaten to throw me over,” said the Cuban, smiling disdainfully. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z His stubby nose wrinkled disdainfully, and he gave his head an important toss. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z He replied disdainfully, 'I don't believe in such things; it is superstition; besides, that man didn't know Mr. B—; he has never been in London; how could he come there?' The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Among the ecclesiastics might also be seen Duke Waldemar's travelling companion, the notable dean of Roskild, Master Jens Grand, who disdainfully regarded the still vacant royal seat, with a jeering side-glance at the learned chancellor. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Klaas did as he was ordered, and the Zulus eyed him disdainfully at first, then subjected him to a running fire of stinging criticism. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z But the creature, disdainfully lifting up its long neck, followed all its master's movements with so spiteful an eye, that I was sure it had some wicked scheme in its head. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z "She is a great woman, is mother, in some ways," said David, and he laughed disdainfully. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z He might have been busy all the time, but it was known that he refused disdainfully the more primitive forms of his work; he never touched barns or stacks. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The woman on the other side of the room sniffed disdainfully. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z He paused at the table, and taking up a paper, struck it disdainfully. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z "And, of course, the thief is known already," I cried, disdainfully. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z “Say! you don’t want that thing!” muttered the chauffeur, and he seized the doll and flung it disdainfully upon the ground. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z "I presume," disdainfully, "I should feel flattered in being trusted by—" She did not finish the sentence. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z He looked at her as she stood there before him, a pale, sallow, sickly girl, then he laughed disdainfully, and impatiently motioned her away, as if his temper were chafed at her continued presence. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z "I think such a woman is worse than one who pays," she said disdainfully, and with an angry motion she pushed the box from her, rising. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z I looked disdainfully at him and calmly smoked. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z "I give ninety pounds' worth a year," disdainfully replied Cornelius, "the exact amount of my salary." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Far enough to gain in assurance!" cried my lady, with golden head high, surveying him disdainfully through half-closed, sweeping lashes. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Mrs. Gray glanced up from her newspaper, and snuffed rather disdainfully. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z She laughed again disdainfully, and all at once the runaway came back into control, gliding into a smooth easy flight, slower and slower, until it came to a stop. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Poppy rose from her table at last with such new courage in her, that she could laugh disdainfully at the sealed letter and all it contained of threats, or commands. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Any proposition that may be offered conceding less than this demand, will be promptly and disdainfully rejected. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z There was an angry murmur from the Sin Verguenza, but the Alcalde stood very erect, gazing at them disdainfully, and Maccario raised his hand. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z She rose from the bench where she was seated, shrugged her shoulders disdainfully and walked away without a word. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z But always the accusation in her eyes, as she turned scornfully, disdainfully to him in all the shifting points of the dance, remained. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The horse sniffed it disdainfully and spat it out. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z "You see all this filth, all this munkar, it will all be gone when the Sharia comes in," he remarked, scanning disdainfully around him. From Dorset to Jihad 2011-04-04T08:19:52Z The ladies stiffened haughtily, disdainfully, under the impending inspection, knowing full well how easily they would pass muster. Her Infinite Variety 2011-04-01T02:00:30.590Z “You may take anything by his horns if you choose, it won’t concern me in the least!” said Eleanor, disdainfully, as well as significantly. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z With the point of his knife, disdainfully, he steered the bill from in front of him to a place of seclusion. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Truyn said disdainfully, "speculator that he is, he may bore through the isthmus of Panama, for all I care, but he cannot get together such a four-in-hand as that." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z He liked it better, he told himself disdainfully, than the "sympathy" which had surrounded him since his return home. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z They took no part at first in law-making, held themselves disdainfully aloof from practical parliamentary efforts, and especially avoided every appearance of coalition with other parties. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z “I found her stretched out on some moss blinking up at the blue sky!” reported Hilda, disdainfully. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z For a time they even managed to outdo Pakistan, until Tuesday, when Pakistan looked England up and down, sniggered disdainfully and then showed them what maverick cricket really looks like. Bangladesh v England ? live! 2011-03-11T00:25:00Z And above her glimmered the stars, myriads of worlds, sparkling, and shining down disdainfully upon wretched humanity writhing and striving in its efforts to attain paltry ends, so vastly important in its own estimation. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Bruce smiled a little disdainfully; and the captain suggested that perhaps the fair lady was jesting. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z "Well, young 'un," the boy answered, disdainfully, "how do you find yourself?" The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Zdena has put down her teacup; her delicate nostrils quiver disdainfully, her charming mouth expresses decided scorn. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Having looked at me disdainfully, he disdainfully looked away. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Finally, she tore the leaf from the book and flung the book itself disdainfully from her. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Then, the political organizations trampled disdainfully upon it; now, it looks down with the pride of conscious power upon the wrecked political fragments that float at its feet. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z She laughed disdainfully and curled her lovely lip. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Marie Louise shrugged her small shoulders disdainfully, and in a tone that, to say the least, was peremptory, ordered the butler, who looked venerable enough to be her great-grandfather, to bring the tea. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z When the Archbishop with his assistants first commenced their efforts, he had smiled disdainfully at the wild fancy of men being such fanatics as to be priest led. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z How dared she write disdainfully of Raphael's people?—she, an upstart, an outsider! The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z "Sir Guy never had a sister, so of course he doesn't understand," says Lilian, disdainfully, whereupon Guy gives up the point. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Is it the result of dense unconsciousness or of the insolent irony with which he regards his timid brother-in-law, at whose little army, on the occasion of a visit to Athens, he scoffed so disdainfully? War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z "Yes," said the salesman, sullenly, and slapping the three cloth caps together disdainfully. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z What, and be run in for being an accomplice!" said Tunks disdainfully, "not me. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "Because you are on the stage!" he exclaimed disdainfully. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Your word!" she says disdainfully: "if you are going to emulate the Medes and Persians, of course there is no use of my arguing with you. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Yes, it only remained for him to undertake the defence of the parents," Albrecht interposed, disdainfully. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z When the two joined the old lady there was quite a little array of articles in Mr. Perkins's hands, which he did not slap disdainfully together. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The chap behind the desk, a fellow with black curly hair and an anxious, competent expression, did not lower his voice, but looked disdainfully at him and finally agreed to let us have some rooms. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z As yet you stand secure on the giddy height to which you have climbed; as yet you look down disdainfully on the dangers now gathering around you. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z For the bulk of the voyage the great vessel brushed the pack of waves disdainfully aside. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "You were listening," she said disdainfully; "that is mean!" The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z "You impertinent boy!" she exclaimed, then set her profile disdainfully in the opposite direction and sailed on. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z I owe you no answers," he said disdainfully, "and I shall not allow myself to be questioned in that dictatorial way. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Hubert has all his life been doing the most stupid things," said Gretchen, disdainfully; "he will not be likely to do anything clever at this late hour. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z With a face darkening as he read, Egon perused this precious epistle, tossing it disdainfully aside when he had finished reading it. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z Barbara looked at her disdainfully, and gave deft little pulls and pats to the bow on her hair, so that it stood out more than ever. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z She dived into its depths and brought up a long, thin strip, which she waved disdainfully before casting it off. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The man was overheard saying to himself, as he turned his back disdainfully to the shell, "Oh, go to blazes, with yez." The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z KFC, he points out disdainfully, has been "given the title of 'the official restaurant of Cricket Australia'". The Ashes in the Australian press 2011-01-09T00:08:03Z He shrugged his shoulders disdainfully, and plunged into the passage. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The old bachelor experienced a new, unexpected sensation, to which he gave himself up disdainfully, though feeling immensely flattered. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "Write whatever you like and I'll scrawl my signature to it," I replied disdainfully. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The anti-tax crusader remarked disdainfully last summer that "VAT is French for big government," while RNC chairman Michael Steele denounced the idea as an example of the despised "European-style" policies favored by the president. "No new taxes" for GOP -- except a national sales tax 2010-10-13T17:08:00Z It is evident now that BS, as it is disdainfully called by some in his own party, is central to Cameron's belief system. David Cameron's ambivalent relationship with the lady in blue 2010-10-09T23:09:00Z The first day, when they asked him to take some cakes, he disdainfully shrugged his shoulders, saying that these might suit women; and on the next few occasions his manner was not much more gracious. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "I'm not screaming," she replied, drawing up the corners of her mouth disdainfully. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "Arrogant," he said, staring at me, then adding disdainfully in English, "Cowboys." Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan? 2010-07-07T00:34:00Z Was inevitably bombed him with short stuff, and Fulton pulled him disdainfully for four two or three times. England v Sri Lanka ? live! 2010-05-13T14:17:00Z "You reward me!" shouted the gipsy king, disdainfully. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 He glanced disdainfully at the old mahogany counter, the soiled napkins, the dingy silver-plate, and the hats hanging up on the wall. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "Not that I know of," he replied disdainfully, though unable to withhold a glance at his own trousers. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Rebecca, too, in their poverty had been "respected like the lave," but she now turned disdainfully from her admirer, and when he dared to accost her, she inquired with a frown, "Who are you, sir?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 "Harm her!" exclaimed Gemmel, disdainfully: "I scorn it!—there's my thumb." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 “I won’t have a parcel of women meddling in my affairs, nor any kind of old woman,” he continued, disdainfully glancing at the vicar. The Parson O' Dumford He gazed around on them disdainfully, for he was well aware that many there would utter a protest did they not fear for their own skins. The Great Mogul Miss Ethel, rendered thoughtfully emulative by the evidences of her sister's progress, contented herself with tossing her head peremptorily and disdainfully at her treacherous sister. A Poached Peerage "No," replied the Northmen, disdainfully, "we will own no lord, we will take no gift, but we will have what we ourselves can conquer by force." Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) "Who on earth are all these people?" he continued, putting on dignity, disdainfully. Small Souls Each kind of ant is so addicted to its own particular fungal food that it refuses disdainfully, even when hungry, the produce of an alien nest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" She'd heard all we said, confound it, for her head was up, her color bright, and she looked at Telfer proudly and disdainfully, with her dark eyes flashing. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Perhaps I am, even if you do speak so disdainfully. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch If I speak of this sacred vow," said Rodolph, disdainfully, "it is not to draw down your approbation or praise. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 "Go along with you, you little mean-spirited thing!" cried Calabash, disdainfully; "you have not a grain of proper pride in you." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The notary shrugged his shoulders, smiled disdainfully, as if my words were not serious, and replied that, so far from depositing any money with him, my brother had borrowed two thousand francs from him. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 "If you choose to think so of me you may," she said, with immeasurable hauteur, sweeping away from him, her mauve ribbons fluttering disdainfully. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories And understand," resumed he, "I speak not of sending large sums carelessly, almost disdainfully, to unfortunate creatures, of whom you know nothing, and who are frequently undeserving of your favour. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 And he realized that he had pictured Lily like Manon in the midst of luxury, craving for magnificence and moving disdainfully before gilded mirrors. Sinister Street, vol. 2 More savage than subdued, her thin and bilious cheeks were somewhat suffused, as she looked disdainfully at her brother, Nicholas, who was in a chair in front of her. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 A heavy lock of coal-black hair fell over his forehead, across almost disdainfully cold eyes went sooty lashes, and dark brows met above the prominent nose. The Tempering Her tips curved disdainfully, and Earlscourt caught a glimpse of her in her fiery mood. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "I do not understand you," St. Georges said, looking down disdainfully at her. In the Day of Adversity The other places were filled by impersonal women who sipped from their glasses without relish and stared disdainfully at each other down their powdered noses. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Her eyes swept over them disdainfully, resting for a moment on Angus. The Land of Strong Men On the table in the centre of the room was all that remained of a repast, and at this Pharos sniffed disdainfully. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance And now, Ida, who is she that treats me thus disdainfully? The Fortunes Of Glencore He drew himself up, proudly, and glanced disdainfully upon the speaker, as he replied, sharply,-- "The tent of a bishop is not an inn for mendicant friars." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. If any objection is made to their procedure, the ring inquire disdainfully, in the language of Mr. Tweed, “What are you going to do about it?” Village Life in China A Study in Sociology “You ask a foolish thing!” said the count, gruffly, looking disdainfully down on the poor little girl. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The violinist bowed, a trifle disdainfully, I thought, and, having placed her instrument on the table once more, returned to Lady Medenham's side. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance At the end of the last century the library of an old Lincolnshire house was overhauled by someone who disdainfully turned out of it all unbound books, and had them destroyed. The Story of Books Her cheeks were inflamed; her eyes shot fire, her lips curled disdainfully. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess Yet, as Miss Edgeworth pertinently observed in her preface to Harry and Lucy, after being too much the fashion, metaphysics had been thrown aside too disdainfully, and their use and abuse confounded. Maria Edgeworth The young man flirted his handkerchief, smiling disdainfully, and said he "supposed he had." Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Looking down at me in the starlight, across the gulf of untold centuries, it seemed to smile disdainfully at my small woes. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance To Newport, which squats disdainfully over the way, this is all too free and easy. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Shrugging his shoulders disdainfully, the lawyer joined the doctors at the table. John Marsh's Millions I saw her daily at the hall, but she never cast upon me a passing glance, or if chance threw us in the same path, she always turned disdainfully away. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. When Lenz often complained of the incessant noise, Annele disdainfully replied, "Those who want to have a quiet house should be rich and live in a palace, where the princes each inhabit a separate wing." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. I brought Taka to the window and he looked on disdainfully while I tried to win Nuthatch back to his winter phrase of "Thank! thank! thank!" Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road "And what is this?" said the Count, half disdainfully touching with his foot what seemed to be an oblong basket of colored straw. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience They had been disdainfully treated, said they, sneered at, reviled, and one of them summarily "fired" as the result of this visit to the magnate. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 "Whatever your opinion may have been," replied Washington, disdainfully, "I expected my orders would have been obeyed." The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools But do not disdainfully discard the experience of those who have gone before. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. What are these things?" continued this terrible person, picking up the poems disdainfully, and again putting her lorgnette to her eyes: "'Ode to a Firefly,' 'Sonnet on the Caterpiller,' 'Some Lines to a Beggar Child.' Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 For all answer the wizard laughed softly but disdainfully. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Instead, therefore, of replying, he smiled disdainfully and remained silent, watching the lights which now and again flew past the window. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War That she would receive him haughtily, disdainfully even, he was fully prepared for; that she would reproach him—not very measuredly too—for his perfidy regarding Paten, he also expected. One Of Them Madame de Maintenon, whom Elizabeth treated disdainfully, was believed by the duchess to have been an accomplice in the plan to remove her children from her influence. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) "A stallion could have made it no plainer," she answered disdainfully. Red Nails Sube sniffed disdainfully, and ignoring Gizzard's little pleasantry, suggested that they move up to the front end of the tank and see if they could make out what the intruders were doing. Sube Cane Rejecting disdainfully the anarchistic proceedings of Prince Istar, they conceived a formidable and sudden invasion of the kingdom of Heaven by their enthusiastic and well-drilled troops. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels I tell you what, Sedley," said he, as he threw his pen disdainfully from him, and lay back in his chair, "the whole of this move is a party dodge. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The great black form collapsed in a limp heap upon his adversary; and the latter, struggling to his feet, threw the burden disdainfully aside. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Gimpy smiled a little disdainfully at the credulity of the “kids.” Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half This solicitude evaporated in what Bismarck disdainfully called the policy of pourboires, the policy of tips and pickings—scraps and slips of territory to be given to France under the diplomatic name of compensation. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Oh," said Jenny, her lip curling disdainfully; "I assure you Arthur is half-comforted already. Gertrude's Marriage The girls' gifts to the young man were gloves and ties, a silver-handled pocket knife and other odds and ends that caused Tommy to sniff disdainfully. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds She compared the attractions of Lowell and Brookton most disdainfully: the dread came over her that most elderly people feel at leaving their familiar homes and the surroundings to which they have grown used. Old Friends and New "That is what comes of having diamonds," remarked Athos disdainfully.... Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 "If we depended on you, we wouldn't have got so far as we have," Master Fernald replied, disdainfully. The Princess and Joe Potter But with his lean hand Zeno pushed back disdainfully the silver pieces, so that they fell rattling on the stone slab and rolled round about. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 When the Emperor of Brazil visited Paris and expressed a wish to meet him, Hugo disdainfully remarked: "I have no time to waste on emperors." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 She held a velvet robe around her shoulders, but she held it loosely, disdainfully. The Executioner Grounsell grumbled some angry mutterings between his teeth, and shrugged up his shoulders disdainfully. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Coulter laughed disdainfully and strode away, but for ten minutes Lawrence sat silent, his breath coming in deep gasps while he wrestled with the murder madness. The Portal of Dreams Sultan snuffed at them, and then turned his back on them disdainfully. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "Awfully common trash," said Shorty, looking over the assortment disdainfully, for he wanted something superlatively fine for his letter. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures Yes; it'd be a great country," said his father disdainfully, "if you could put a wagonload o' manure on every foot and import some Injianny men to take care of it. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro "I am certainly not in the least interested," she answered disdainfully. Madge Morton's Trust A woman gashed her foot badly with an axe; I asked her what she did for it; disdainfully she answered, “Tied it up in sut and a rag, and went to hoein’ corn.” Our Southern Highlanders Graziano went over the names of a number of well-known composers and virtuosi, but at each renowned name Pasquarello disdainfully shook his head. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II The Metropolitan tower looked disdainfully at him: it was the New York flag-pole, and he was about to desert the colors. A Canadian Bankclerk Carter's lip curled disdainfully at such cheap theatrical efforts. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch At last the keys were produced in triumph, the front door was unlocked, and the stage-driver grunting disdainfully, carried in the trunks. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He refuses to believe that any one can love this existence, and he disdainfully looks at the sallow face of the deacon, and mutters: "Fool!" Contemporary Russian Novelists "I never heard such a rubbishy request in my life!" says the younger Miss Beresford, disdainfully. Rossmoyne How! did he Dash thee disdainfully away, with scorn? The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage Miss Silence tossed her head disdainfully, but scorned to commence hostilities. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Graham regarded him disdainfully, and Jack, breaking off his song, hastened to say: “Well, they’re as nice a crowd of girls as we’d find anywhere, if we tramped from here to the Pacific coast.” Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted The project was an utterly unsuitable one, and nobody scouted it more disdainfully than did he as soon as the mood of discontent was past. Under False Pretences A Novel "What do you care for their opinion!" cried her lover, disdainfully. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday And he pressed Claude's hand convulsively, then tossed it from him half disdainfully, and both departed from the grounds. The Advocate The girls, rallying to this slogan, sniffed disdainfully in the direction of those trembling accomplices, the cowboy and the Easterner. The Monster and Other Stories So, behind the broad shoulders of the other he disdainfully turned up his nose. The Plow-Woman On such occasions our pretentious cavalier would remain on his horse, smoking his cigarette and smiling disdainfully. Across Asia on a Bicycle Presently she became conscious of Landsberg's regard; she moved disdainfully, and slowly rearranged her skirt. Jena or Sedan? Fernanda tossed her head disdainfully and went off, exclaiming: "Repent sinner, or hell will have you!" The Grandee So much mass wasn't easily handled, but the braking curve looked disdainfully smooth. Industrial Revolution "He was most scared stiff, dat feller was," replied Macklin, disdainfully. The Missing Tin Box or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds “None,” replied Anthony, “but I’d have caught 144 more than any of them if I’d had a good rod,” and he swished Uncle Teddy’s best rod around disdainfully. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars He spat disdainfully with all an American's contempt for the inferior. Clark's Field Even Nick shouted in great glee when the dreaded inlet was a thing of the past, and he waved his fat hand disdainfully back toward it as they sped away. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Yet the picture of what he might have been he dismissed lightly, almost disdainfully; for he saw what he might be yet—what he should be. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series You have great reason to pity me," the Queen of Navarre wrote to her faithful subject in B�arn, "for never was I so disdainfully treated at court as I now am.... History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Elizabeth looked disdainfully at the proffered bills, and made no move to take them. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 “Who told ye?” he demanded, sticking his face into hers, and she stepped away disdainfully. Wunpost And he was a picture to fill the eye, this man who bore himself so disdainfully, this Captain Wild Bob Carew. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story He grunted disdainfully, motioned the guard to precede him, and closed the door behind them as they entered the building. The Monk of Hambleton "I'm so tired of those Watteau things!" began Miss Lawrence disdainfully. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart But my pride was in arms, for I remembered the cup of milk she had refused disdainfully more than three years ago in our little kitchen. The Romance of a Plain Man “You let me go!” ordered the Indian, drawing himself up arrogantly and shaking the coarse hair from his eyes, and Wunpost laughed disdainfully. Wunpost "Of course I shan't peep," said Maggie disdainfully; and she buried her face in the pillow like a person of strict honour. Tom and Maggie Tulliver Miss Copley sent a significant glance at Varr, which he acknowledged by wrinkling his nose disdainfully. The Monk of Hambleton He made ostentatiously and disdainfully towards the door. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court So he sniffed disdainfully, and braced himself to move as softly as a cat; for it is wonderful how light on their feet most fat people can be, when they try their best. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields "Take it!" disdainfully replied Gomez Arias, throwing the required pledge on the ground. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Her eyes closed indolently, and opened again as though digesting the subtlety: then, disdainfully accepting the assumption: “Oh, Vanya,” she called out carelessly, “play a little for us.” The Crimson Tide A Novel And from what? the Admiral had questioned disdainfully. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 She went to work disdainfully, first feeling of her skirt and waist at the back, slipping a caramel in her mouth, and making eyes at a clerk who passed her desk. The Gorgeous Girl "Thank you, Merritt, but I have loftier aims than that calling," said Tubby disdainfully. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields But he would not let him off easily; there were ways to force––and suddenly the words of the marquis recurring to him, he surveyed the soldier, disdainfully. The Strollers The oxen had grown gaunt from lack of feed and drink; they wandered about the night camps nibbling disdainfully at what growth there was, low bitter sapless weeds. When the West Was Young Dicksie threw the music disdainfully aside, and sprang up with a flushed face to leave the room. Whispering Smith How many of these models has the course of ages seen broken and flung disdainfully aside! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Nanuntenoo, looking disdainfully upon his youthful face, after a short silence, said, Young America rebuked. King Philip Makers of History The black-robed throng arose—some eagerly, some impatiently, some disdainfully, some few slowly and thoughtfully, but they all stood and waited in utter silence. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The girl stood erect, disdainfully looking him full in the face. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main He heeds them not, or, at best, plucks them disdainfully, to gaze upon in listless indifference for a moment, and then cast them behind him, to be crushed beneath the stranger's heel. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 We look disdainfully on the 315 troops, the brass band, and the crowd of nondescripts that are leading the procession. The Book of Khalid But Ursula curls her lip disdainfully, and orders her maid to shut out the sweet sounds. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 Thankfully, and not disdainfully, let us bow down to an admonition thus mildly instilled through the medium of borrowed experience. Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy "I say may God have mercy on the soul of yon poor woman," answered Mercedes disdainfully. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main “Oh, that’s what you call that white stuff down there, is it?” said the Blackbird, disdainfully gazing at the white world beneath him. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps But he pointed disdainfully to seats in the corner of the room, saying, ‘Sit down there,’ in a manner quite in keeping with his stogies raised on the desk directly in our face. The Book of Khalid "Oh, d—n your words," the skipper retorted disdainfully. The Wild Geese Fandor went up to a man standing in a doorway, gazing disdainfully at the couples revolving in the centre of the room. A Nest of Spies "Oh yes, about elephants squirting water all over a tailor, and that sort of thing," said Harry, disdainfully. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Standing a little aloof from the crowd and looking at them disdainfully is a small boy with a twisted cord slung across his left shoulder. Round the Wonderful World He had licked feebly, and half disdainfully, at his own saucer of cream, then curled himself round upon the towel beside it. Divided Skates And picture, finally, his amazement when, the darkness that enveloped him suddenly clearing, he beheld a man sitting in the far corner of the room and eying him, as it seemed, reproachfully, even disdainfully. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters As a rule Nichoune would disdainfully refuse to go down among the audience. A Nest of Spies "Hoh!" he exclaimed disdainfully, "I will not be caring; let them have their childish foolishness if it will be doing them any good, whatever!" The Silver Maple Edna, who never opened a book, by her own confession, unless it were an exciting novel, looked a little disdainfully at the book Bessie had chosen. Our Bessie "Not with that little sprinkle!" cried Primrose disdainfully. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia He burned to wipe out his own trickeries, his cowardice, his failures, to wreak a vile satisfaction on this girl who sat so disdainfully, with her chin lifted, her lips firm, oblivious of him. Rimrock Trail There is an undated letter of Marston to Henslowe, written probably in reference to this matter, which is characteristic in its disdainfully confident tone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 And releasing his prisoner Sam turned disdainfully and Reuben sorrowfully towards the house. Say and Seal, Volume I “What, me tired!” exclaimed Tom, disdainfully, at the same time putting new life in his movements. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats The lady by the fire looked on disdainfully, and Tom hastened to supplement things from their own stores. Nobody “Have you told the boy where I’m going to take you?” he demanded, when she was eyeing him disdainfully. Rose O'Paradise And the gravity of his voice and the strangeness of his question forced his hearers, surprised and uneasy, in spite of themselves, to laugh disdainfully. �sop accepted their laughter composedly. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama She said disdainfully: "We recognize no laws in the making of which we have had no part." The Gay Rebellion "She said to take everybody up," she remarked disdainfully. 'Lizbeth of the Dale She took note, half disdainfully, of the plainness of the room; the painted floor, yellow and shining, which boasted only one or two little strips of carpet; the common earthenware toilet-set; the rush-bottomed chairs. Nobody When the door closed on the blind child, Peggy shook her shoulders disdainfully. Rose O'Paradise "Why?" asked Milly, her head riding disdainfully on her slender neck. The Invader A Novel At one point he seemed about to jump up and cry out, but controlled himself and only shrugged his shoulders disdainfully. The Brothers Karamazov As they came disdainfully close to the silent farm house, a column of pale light from a coal oil lamp came through the living room window and haloed a neglected flower bed. Strange Alliance Many sought her hand, but she disdainfully replied, "I am Queen of my own Island, and when I like I will ask a husband in marriage, as your great Queen Victoria did!" The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals The lady passed on, with head held disdainfully, as though she heard but would not heed. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley She threw the fifth envelope disdainfully on the wicker table at her side. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Then aloud: “A philosophical maxim?” said he, throwing away disdainfully, a handful of sand, the contents of which would elsewhere have rejoiced a gold-seeker. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora As she spoke she glanced disdainfully in the direction of Evander Cloud, who now for the first time since the irruption of the Cavaliers became in any sense an object of public interest. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The rival candidates sat in rigid erectness, disdainfully aloof while their supporters wrangled. Making People Happy Mr. William Bangs was reiterating this to his wife’s niece, who stood regarding his potato patch rather disdainfully through the glamour of a lorgnette. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Tony flinched, then he shrugged his shoulders and faced the hooded figure disdainfully. Bandit Love And yet it is now you would ask me to leave them," she says, almost disdainfully—"to leave the dear old pater and the boys just when they need me most? Only an Irish Girl The bullet struck the ground in front of the bull and threw up a spiteful puff of dust, at which the animal pawed disdainfully. The Doomsman The King, who had a heart of brass within a breast of granite, smiled disdainfully, trusting in the skill of his wise men to confound the foreign magicians. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Thereupon, with an air of authority, she opened first one drawer, then another, then shut them again disdainfully with a shrug of her shoulders. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Myra drew herself up to her full height, regarding him disdainfully and endeavouring to put all the hauteur she could summon up into her manner and expression. Bandit Love The West is so excited over progress and developing the country and all that,” she finished a little disdainfully, “that it doesn’t care about family traditions or—or anything like that.” Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Aloud she observed disdainfully, "The whole performance from beginning to end has been unspeakable—simply unspeakable; and I insist——" She had reached the bay-window and pressed her little nose tight against the window-pane. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. But the Pharaoh resumed his coolness, his face regained its majestic, weary, placid look, and seeing that Timopht did not rise, he kicked him disdainfully. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The youth looked disdainfully at the work the machinists had done, which in truth was merely in preparation. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Overton rolled over on his face and grunted disdainfully, saying: “That’s about the style of thing you call living, don’t you, sonny?” That Girl Montana The steward seized them disdainfully between his thumb and forefinger, and threw them upon the floor. The Story of a Cat He was taking particulars of rank and so forth of the prisoners, and this imposing fellow with the golden helmet stood in front of all the others, arms folded, head aloft, disdainfully surveying his surroundings. The Orchard of Tears “I thought that I might find men among you,” she disdainfully said—a break in her voice. Desert Dust When our ministers and agents in Europe raised the question as to making commercial treaties, they were disdainfully asked whether European powers were expected to deal with thirteen governments or with one. The Critical Period of American History Huh!” she grunted, disdainfully, in the Indian fashion peculiar to her at times. That Girl Montana “In other words,” she said, disdainfully, “you deliberately planned to control my mind and induce me to meet you in a clandestine and horrid manner.” A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Beckmesser disdainfully goes on, as if he and the lady were alone in the world, and he sang thus loud to overpower some such thing as the sea-surf. The Wagnerian Romances He gave you the impression of some one who watched, rather disdainfully, the ill-considered and impulsive actions of his fellow-men. The Wooden Horse “No; there’s no warmth in it,” he said, looking disdainfully at the thin, cheap garment. Penny of Top Hill Trail She disdainfully refused his proffer of assistance and mounted the pony. The Trail to Yesterday “A nice country you live in!” she said, disdainfully. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories "And I don't want you to knock my books out of my arm again," went on William Philander, drawing himself up disdainfully. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice "Put that in the report, too," chuckled the Columbia's wireless disdainfully. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code James Fox looked at him disdainfully, then threw the revolver upon the floor of the cave and held out his hands. A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance Mr. Lee wished to have them become friends; but this did not appear so easy, for Leo, after looking disdainfully at the pup, walked away with great dignity. Minnie's Pet Dog Rather disdainfully he dipped it full and tasted, then spat with a wry face. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Her glance traveled over him disdainfully to the hound puppy chasing its tail. The Fighting Edge He shrugged his shoulders disdainfully, and took another sight through his glass. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea "A girl who could do such a thing!" said Lucilla to herself; and held her head disdainfully, and curled her lip at the other girl. A Sheaf of Corn He cast an indifferent glance at her, then began again to talk in a tender tone to the fair-haired lady, who smiled disdainfully. Laboulaye's Fairy Book "There is nothing to do here in this hole," said Jasper, disdainfully. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success "Oh, everybody!" he murmured disdainfully, with a shrug of his fine shoulders. Virginia “What! that rubbish?” disdainfully inquired the Wild Cats’ lady. Her Mother's Secret She shrugged her shoulders disdainfully, and left the room in silence. The Son of Monte-Cristo But Lucilla disdainfully rejected his aid, and climbed among the stones and brushwood aloof from the others, Ratia talking in high glee to the Irishman, and adventurously scrambling. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The coachman who drove these Princesses of yours"—Mrs. Parry always used this phrase disdainfully—"is a new man. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Sorrow," thought Mr. Landale, and his lip curled disdainfully, "a girl's sorrow, at least, is a passing thing. The Light of Scarthey "I suppose you think that is witty," said Mrs. Clifton, a little disdainfully. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready He lifted his hat and turned back to the counter where Mrs. Barnett stood loftily, disdainfully, yet furiously angry. The Desert Fiddler The flotilla altered course disdainfully to avoid a steam drifter which wallowed through the wake of the Destroyers in the direction of the distant fleet, still shrouded by the morning mist. The Long Trick “Is this the goal of our generosity?” he asked, pointing disdainfully with the fan to the sacred house. The Proud Prince They disdainfully rejected all that we offered, even iron, looking-glasses, handkerchiefs, and pieces of cloth. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century He sat back, sneering disdainfully, as the other three merrily sat down to compose his letter, replying only by a contemptuous silence when Simpson asked him whether he wanted any kisses put in. More Cargoes 1897 This was his hope; but in the meantime there was a languid battle with insomnia and inordinate time that he, from his "exalted tomb," disdainfully sullied. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais He bared his fangs disdainfully, then turned and sought the forest at a long gallop, which, for all his limp and his twinge, soon carried him beyond ear-shot of his pursuers. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life "I wouldn't want to be a great lady!" replied Mary, tossing back her head disdainfully. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening “I am not obliged to tell you, old greybeard; what business is it of yours?” she replied disdainfully, turning her back on the fire and going towards the forest. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Objects began to stand out clearly in the grow-ing light, and three dispirited girls put their heads out from the blankets and sniffed disdainfully at the sharp morning air. More Cargoes 1897 That, however, disdainfully exclaimed “Why, fool, do you try to wound me with your teeth, who am in the habit of gnawing asunder every kind of iron?” The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes I never threaten," said Skippy disdainfully, "but if that red-haired, knock-kneed, overfed beau of yours ever sets foot on this place again, he comes in a hearse! Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World “A likely story, indeed!” cried Javotte, tossing her head disdainfully, “that I should lend my clothes to a dirty Cinderella like you!” Bo-Peep Story Books That for the letter and its cowardly advice,” she cried, tearing it disdainfully to pieces. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War She leaned back in her chair, and, regarding the dumfounded Tarrell with a smile of wicked triumph, waited for him to speak, "Raggett, indeed!" she said disdainfully. More Cargoes 1897 "Then, Mr. Renault," she said disdainfully, "I pray you swallow your dislike of Captain Butler until such time as you may explain your enmity to him." The Reckoning This time it was he who disdainfully sent her back to her dolls. Honey-Bee 1911 Discouraged!" said Stover disdainfully: "Why, old Cocky-wax, put this in your pipe and smoke it—I'm going to own this house. The Varmint What he cared for was not the control of affairs, but the distribution of patronage and the work of corruption, and from this Pitt turned disdainfully away. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 While he disdainfully distributed titles and ribbons among a clamouring crowd, he refused all such things for himself. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration "I do not blame you, Captain Butler," I said disdainfully. The Reckoning But to Pondicherry what I said was so obviously a gross and almost foolish piece of fiction that he shook his head disdainfully. A Tramp's Notebook "Simple as eggs," said the Shad, yawning disdainfully. The Varmint James Fox looked at him disdainfully, then threw the revolver upon the floor of the cave, and held out his hands. The Young Bank Messenger Her lips, which usually framed a smile for him, curled disdainfully and he winced in spite of himself. Hidden Gold "A man to talk to," she said disdainfully. The Reckoning The hackman was paid for the damage to his vehicle, and Gregory hastened up stairs to resume the old suit which only a few hours before he had thrown aside disdainfully. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Her head was high, and she met every glance steadily and disdainfully. The Book of All-Power They have no scent, and they are only pretty in the lump,' and she broke off a spike of blossom, studied it a little disdainfully, and threw it away. Robert Elsmere With novels she had no patience, she said disdainfully. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The coasting skippers, most of whom wore hard hats, as if they did not want to be confounded with those foppish yacht captains, patrolled their quarter-decks and spat disdainfully over their rails. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 And our 'poilus,' in their faded, mud-smeared garments walk along 'your' streets, disdainfully regarded by your dazzling and pomaded Staff. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 So murmured these greedy adventurers; some accepting what fell to their share while fuming over its small amount, others disdainfully refusing it. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World "Miss Norman, we have found the will if," added Mr. Pash, disdainfully, "this," he held out the document with a look of contempt, "can be called a will." The Opal Serpent The restless black bear came back, looked at them, and then sniffing disdainfully went away to hunt for roots. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness "Do not imagine that I come to be classed among your customers, and order my dresses of you," returned the countess, disdainfully, and waving Madeleine off as the latter advanced toward her. Fairy Fingers A Novel ‘Bah! a boy!’ he cried disdainfully; but the ‘boy’ struck him another swinging stroke, which almost cleft his shield. The Red Romance Book Miss Gorham snorted rather disdainfully but without remark, and Lory was not especially interested in the matter. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery Tommy went, obediently, but a little disdainfully, and Mrs. Windsor sank back in her seat feeling quite worn out. The Green Carnation She turned her bonnet over disdainfully and thought of their lace-trimmed hats—their golden hair! An Australian Lassie "Pardon me, but that certainly does not concern you!" interrupted Cyn disdainfully. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes I handed the card to Captain Rudstone, and he glanced at it disdainfully. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada He walked into the office, looked disdainfully at the PR-men, and sank to the edge of a chair, leaning on his umbrella. PRoblem She turned disdainfully, and walked proudly across the room, spoke to Mrs. Arnold, then went directly into the hall. The Lost Despatch Elizabeth looked at him disdainfully and drew her dress close around her. An Australian Lassie “No man would save you at that expense,” said the Nurse disdainfully. Special Messenger "Yes, every one; gone out of the window," returned her cousin disdainfully. In Blue Creek Cañon But here the pink corded silk swished disdainfully about, its Watteau pleat flashed out of sight through the door-day, and that portal was slammed in the speaker's face. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike The strange girl's eyes rested on Amanda and Eliza where they sat in their corner, talking in whispers, and her lips curled disdainfully. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion Arethusa sniffed disdainfully and, with her red head high in the air, started off down the passage in the direction of the sitting-room. The Heart of Arethusa She had particularly resolved that she would not complain of her troubles to the Adairs; it would seem like asking them to help her—"sponging upon them," as she disdainfully thought. A True Friend A Novel "I wouldn't take such a looking cat as a gift," returned Allie disdainfully. In Blue Creek Cañon "Are you going to set up for fashion in these hard times?" asked the visitor disdainfully. A Little Girl in Old Boston "Let me pass," she cried disdainfully, but not trying to push aside. A Little Girl in Old Quebec "I hate this place anyhow," went on Nan, disdainfully. The Governess Her eye was bright as a diamond and bold as a trooper's; when she lifted her head she looked disdainfully, scornfully, fiercely, upon the strange and monstrous company of which she was queen. Under the Rose She also had been counselled to remain behind, an advice she disdainfully rejected. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco She stood disdainfully apart, with folded arms, but her colouring and shape betrayed her. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Now and then a branch swayed—if she had her stick up here that she had dropped so disdainfully when she had captured the limb. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Pitt, who was listening disdainfully to his arguments, followed one of these persistent interrogations by softly singing to himself, very audibly, the words which belonged to a popular song, "Gentle shepherd, tell me where." A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III “That’s like, with that ar’ spangled gimcrack!” said Garey, looking disdainfully at the other’s gun, and then proudly at his own brown weather-beaten piece, which he had just wiped, and was about to reload. The Scalp Hunters Her lip curled disdainfully for she had an innate contempt of impotency and failure. The Dude Wrangler "For that ugly old gorilla!" exclaimed the girl, unceremoniously and disdainfully. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Each, as it comes clear, is rent right across the middle, and tossed disdainfully into the stream. The Death Shot A Story Retold |
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