Contempt
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450 examples of Contempt in a sentence
It is difficult to feel anything but
contempt
for a continually pouting Kathy who doesn't like being in the very position in which she placed Pam so many years before.
Perch your ears,listen closely,you devotees of the matchstick-figures!! Can you hear it......? There is something unholy trampling the holy land of hilarious melodrama, the beast is armed with utter contempt, with spite, with the mocking force of irony.
It was quite moving to see the progressive dissolution of their
contempt
and distrust for each other evolve into such a powerful, familial bond...
Traci Lords fits pretty well into the action genre - her pouting expression shows believable
contempt
for her enemies - but she is better suited to "bad girl" rather than heroine parts, IMO.
Well, this is border country between bitter enemies Iran, Iraq and the highly marginalised Kurds who are basically a dispossessed people without a country and held in
contempt
by both countries as well as Turkey.
the buses" is a cheaply made comedy from the era of the Ford Cortina and the Austin Maxi.It was hugely popular with ordinary Brits who drove Ford Cortinas and Austin Maxis.It was their misfortune to be unaware that their predilection for seaside postcard humour would be regarded with
contempt
by a future generation many of whose values no doubt they in turn would have regarded with
contempt.
Maybe it was done as a kind of tribute, either that or it was done with
contempt.
In the first movie Bagrov's
contempt
of the "dark-skinned" people was evident in one small episode, in this one he really gets going at - what's the word? - African-Americans :) But unless you are that deep into PC go see this movie - it's like watching somebody really good playing Doom, over his shoulder.
Lucas has said numerous times that he detests directing (this was the first film he's directed in over 20 years since the original Star Wars film), and his
contempt
for directing shows.
From the appalling gurning of Mr B.Keith to the hysteria of Mr M.Landau, the acting is embarrassing.Mr S.Connery treats his part with the
contempt
it deserves - which is considerable.Mr K.Malden is at his rabble - rousing worst and I will draw a veil over the performances of Miss N.Wood and Mr T.Howard,suffice it to say I doubt if they would want to be remembered for them.
For those who don't know, "cinema de qualite" was a phrase coined by one of the New Wave critics (I think it was Truffaut, but don't quote me) to express
contempt
for what he and his colleagues perceived to be the overly glossy, empty product typical of 1950s French cinema.
When challenged to get the first $100.00 from Mr. Tanner (Jon Cypher) the rich landowner, the task become an impossible quest as Tanner has no intention of giving Valdez anything, but contempt, torture and pain.
A don't miss movie,,,Ben Matlock would have been locked up for life for
contempt
of court.
The Iranian government’s
contempt
for the international community reflects its
contempt
for human rights and civilized norms.
The sect holds the northern political and religious elite in contempt, and does not recognize the authority of the Sultan of Sokoto, leader of Nigerian Muslims.
But
contempt
for democracy has been Putin’s stock-in-trade ever since he arrived in the Kremlin from Saint Petersburg two decades ago.
Pardons Are a Loaded GunNEW YORK – Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was convicted of
contempt
of court for defying a federal judge’s order to stop racially profiling and arbitrarily detaining Latinos in the name of catching illegal immigrants, is no stranger to controversy.
Many Muslims see that erroneous assumption as evidence of the West’s
contempt
for Islam, reinforcing their view that Muslims as a whole are victims of discrimination and creating a vicious cycle that may generate further radicalization on both sides.
That
contempt
is also manifested in France's nominees to serve on the Commission.
But Trump’s hostility toward Europe stems not only from his
contempt
for the EU’s idea of sovereignty, but also from his obsession with reciprocity.
Indeed, his partners – particularly the other BRICS countries (Brazil, India, China, and South Africa) – are now unlikely to be able to turn a blind eye to his
contempt
for international law and for his neighbors’ national sovereignty, as they did during their recent Brazilian summit.
Over the last decade, the BJP has cultivated an army of cyber warriors to propagate its message of Hindu chauvinism,
contempt
for minorities, and hyper-nationalism, including through ferocious attacks on political opponents.
Griesa’s ruling threatened to hold the Bank of New York Mellon, the Argentine government’s agent, in
contempt
if it paid other bondholders without also paying the vultures.
Leaders become figures of
contempt
or worse.
In an age of
contempt
for international cooperation, not to mention entrenched climate-change denial in the Trump administration, is achieving the SDGs wishful thinking?
Pining for a crown, Putin forgets that Russian monarchy, for all its splendor, was always a minefield, because an autocrat’s
contempt
for law leaves him vulnerable to mob justice.
Its practical borrowings are invariably stillborn, mostly because of the country's ingrained culture of
contempt.
After all, contract killings and random shootings in restaurants are common affairs, and the idea of excessive protection from everyone goes back to Soviet days, when social
contempt
was cloaked in the guise of public safety.
The simplest things are complicated, and then destroyed, by this culture of suspicion and
contempt.
Incurable suspicion, mutual fear, ubiquitous
contempt
- confirmed everyday in large and small ways - are our immutable social condition.
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