How to use contempt in a sentence

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More sentences with contempt

• The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.From the entry compose
• The man made a vehement display of contempt.From the entry vehement
• She felt inexpressible contempt for her attackers.From the entry inexpressible
• Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.From the entry beneath
• This refers to Republican officials that show contempt for the idea of truth.2026, Richard Stallman, “Glossary”, in stallman.org. From the entry scoundrelly
• A’s commencement of the proceeding against B constitutes a contempt of court.2024, Parliament of Singapore, “Administration of Justice (Protection) (Amendment) Act 2024”, in Republic of Singapore Government Gazette…. From the entry contempt of court
• Although Yultes' face was the perfect mask of neutrality, his tone dripped with contempt.2017, Claudie Arseneault, City of Strife, →ISBN. From the entry drip
• Through it all she exudes tetchiness, weariness and a general contempt for everything in sight.2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times. From the entry tetchiness
• The Attorney General applied for an order for contempt of court against the New Statesman.2007, Helen Fenwick, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, page 405. From the entry contempt of court
• I call this epochism because it exalts one's own epoch to the contempt of other epochs.2006, Luke Bell, A Deep and Subtle Joy: Life at Quarr Abbey, page 58. From the entry epochism
• That virtue is called bravery which contains greatheartedness and a lofty contempt of pain and death.1998, Marcus Tullius Cicero (translated by Jonathan Powell), The Republic and The Laws, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry greatheartedness
• “Some girl had made a fool of him,” said Connie with great contempt.1974, John le Carré, chapter 12, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, →ISBN. From the entry honey trap
• A believer in mobility, he has great contempt for fixed defenses.1971 [1951], Robert B. Rigg, Red China's Fighting Heroes, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37. From the entry Ssupingkai
• But this respect for leisure, with the Greeks, was accompanied by a contempt for the banausic occupations.1951 September 13, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Virgil and the Christian World”, in The Listener, volume 46, London: British Broadcasting…. From the entry banausic
• The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75. From the entry bric-à-brac
• It was his cross, and for the most part he bore the cranial agony with toughhearted contempt.1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal. From the entry toughhearted
• Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare. From the entry jugglery
• There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 19, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 242. From the entry admiration
• To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman. From the entry authority
• Her pride was in her power and she held weakness in contempt.1919 August, in The Pacific Unitarian, volumes 27, number 7, page 2 (170). From the entry withstrain
• He spoke with supreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 203. From the entry occasion
• "You find us a bit rough," apologized the young man, with something of contempt towards his surroundings.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry rough
• He eyed me with contempt: great featherless, half winged bird as I was, incomprehensible, contemptible, but awful.1911, D. H. Lawrence, The White Peacock, London: Heinemann, page 128. From the entry featherless
• Kindly note that your trial is resumed, and further contempt will not be allowed to go unpurged.1909, E. W. Hornung, chapter 15, in Mr. Justice Raffles, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 229. From the entry unpurged
• It has produced superstitious enthusiasts, harebrained vagarians, who have brought the most sacred things into contempt.1907, The Methodist Review Quarterly - Volume 56, page 715. From the entry vagarian
• Once made permanent, the injunction is not likely to be violated for fear of contempt.1901, Charles Moreau Harger, “Kansas's Prohibition Status”, in The Independent, volume 53, page 431. From the entry jointist
• "The criminal cases against Thanathorn show the military government's contempt for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful dissent.2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06…. From the entry out of thin air
• Incelism tends to generalize beyond just a disdain for women and reflects a general contempt for the world at large.2019, Ramani S. Durvasula, "Don't You Know Who I Am?", page 314. From the entry incelism
• Cronin makes sure readers appreciate that Davey's contempt for the MacDonaldite argument justifying this omission – 'We've got to be careful.2014, Steven Fielding, A State of Play, page 61. From the entry macdonaldite
• "We reckonize she face alright," Bertie further remarked with contempt.2011, Raymond Gordon, The Ecclesiastical Chronicles, Volume Two: The Society, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 384. From the entry reckonize
• Most "islamophobias" have more to do with Islamic contempt of western culture and have nothing to do with race.2010, Irfan Yusuf, Legacy of a whingeing bogan. From the entry islamophobias
• I have nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers.2009 April 13, “Vanity publishing”, in The Economist. From the entry pretend
• He protests the war in Vietnam, but looks with contempt on the hate-filled pseudoradicals who preach the politics of violence.2007 September 9, Karen Durbin, “Breaking Through”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021. From the entry pseudoradical
• They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.2006, Sol Steinmetz, The life of language. From the entry floccinaucinihilipilification
• His contempt was totally unbridled, as though my goal was a personal affront to him and all humanity.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131. From the entry unbridled
• "One might postulate at this point that persons suffer from theophobia, contempt for one thought to usurp their prerogatives.2005, Morris A. Inch, Elder Brother: A Christian Alternative to Anti-Semitism, page 81. From the entry theophobia
• But why do police become grass-eaters at all, if they lack the greed and contempt fo decency necessary to become meat-eaters?2002, Edwin J. Delattre, Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing, American Enterprise Institute, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79. From the entry grass-eater

Meaning of contempt

1. noun The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
2. noun The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
3. noun Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

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Questions about contempt in a sentence

How do you use contempt in a sentence?

Contempt is used as a noun. For example: “The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.”

What is a short sentence with contempt?

“Trump in contempt.”

What does contempt mean?

Contempt means the state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.