Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. From LearnThat.org. [George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), British playwright and novelist, from Back to Methuselah.]
And gentleness, and true thought -- never in scorn. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
False thought – false hope – in scorn be banished!. From Wordnik.com. [Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell] Reference
Sometimes scorn, and the expression of scorn, is warranted. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Our Own Randy Barnett Talks to Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) About Whether ObamaCare Is Constitutional] Reference
These gophers laughed in scorn and derision at my Doom Sentra. From Wordnik.com. [Greedy Gophers in an Un-Cage Match] Reference
I hold in scorn the faded world, that wants their princely band!. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
To take any issue seriously is to invite scorn from the Rightists. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’] Reference
Currently the parties attract enormous scorn from the American populace. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Cyclical Retirements] Reference
The classic lip of the woman curled in scorn, and she disdained a reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Zion and her inhabitants. shaken ... head -- in scorn (Ps 22: 7; 109: 25; Mt 27: 39). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
But linen and purple! "she said in scorn," what should they profit my fathers 'house?. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
But linen and purple! 'she said in scorn,' what should they profit my fathers 'house?. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
That will earn you a rebuke from Sarcastro, whose scorn is rightly to be laughed at feared. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Just Wondering] Reference
I suppose I could have put the word "joke" in scorn quotes too, since it isn't really funny. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval SpongeBob] Reference
That sort of scorn is acceptable in private, and on any othe roccasion perhaps, than one like the Innauguration. From Wordnik.com. [“How Shamefully Disrespectful”] Reference
They are scorners, and it is in scorn that they ask instruction, that they may ridicule what is told them and may cavil at it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Grayson is a freshman congressman who has drawn scorn from the GOP and has quickly built a nationwide following of progressives. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Supporting Medicare Cuts Through Reconciliation, Maverick McCain Now Opposes Them] Reference
She does more-or-less advocate that, though hardly in the unambiguous terms her scorn for Clemons and Maddow on the issue would indicate. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Voice] Reference
"Dost thou know truly, my brother, the word scorn?. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow] Reference
The Jews 'enemies quote their very words in scorn. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
They will not be able much longer to hold us in scorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories] Reference
She laughed in scorn and cried, ‘Whoso compares with rosery. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
She couldn't see that her scorn was the measure of my success. From Wordnik.com. [Shattered]
Holding up human vices to ridicule and scorn, that is the definition of satire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007] Reference
Thus a brave man cast his valour in the dust, and made his name a scorn and a by-word. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
(As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Elizabeth D. Samet, author of Soldier's Heart] Reference
The paper said the list showed that Cosatu's "scorn" for President. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
His remark betrayed the kind of scorn that was her secret comfort 29-30. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Professor:] Reference
Did it -- and by extension -- Fabio, deserve the kind of scorn I heaped on him?. From Wordnik.com. [Top Chef All-Stars Premiere: LIVE Reviews & Reactions] Reference
He was most irate, and indulged himself in that scorn which is easy to an angry mind. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
The proud, yea, such as scorn Thee, -- and if not. From Wordnik.com. [Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.] Reference
Do you remember all that is wounding and terrible expressed in the one word "scorn"?. From Wordnik.com. [Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)] Reference
A kind of scorn, a kind of pity, and a kind of patient longanimity looked from them. From Wordnik.com. [My Friend Prospero] Reference
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