They are sometimes contemptuous of people less gifted than they. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Billy laughed in contemptuous pride of youth and brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
Hawker's, which she did in short contemptuous sentences. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Violet] Reference
She looked at him and tried to make her expression contemptuous, but he only laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Flappers and Philosophers] Reference
The man received the papers, while the crowd looked on, muttering in contemptuous undertones. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
Do not shun him in contemptuous silence, but tell him why he is so avoided (Mt 18: 15; 1Th 5: 14). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
DArby looked at him across the room, his expression almost contemptuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Edge of Madness] Reference
I can well recall his contemptuous imitation of the manner of the request. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography] Reference
They were professionally contemptuous, which is all I expect of cops anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Too Many Spies Spoil The Case]
Congress to remove Niehaus, whose "contemptuous" attitude to. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
When Pat Buchanan describes you as "contemptuous", you know it's bad. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Seems To Have Upper Hand, But No Real Game Changers] Reference
Then he sat back, regarding Beran with a kind of contemptuous amusement. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
Group, were "contemptuous," according to a court hearing transcript. From Wordnik.com. [Law.com - Newswire] Reference
The locker-room talk in the Rolling Stone article is hardly "contemptuous". From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
And that's just what they're writing in other, non-"contemptuous" parts of. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"contemptuous" of the confectioner's inherent value. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Thanks, we're glad to know it, "he added in a kind of contemptuous disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade at Black Lake] Reference
Armitage, Powell's No. 2 and close friend, was contemptuous of Rice. From Wordnik.com. ['I HAVEN'T SUFFERED DOUBT'] Reference
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