SCORN in a Sentence
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123 example sentences for SCORN, such as:
1. An object of scorn or derision.
2. His poetry was the object of scorn.
3. The artist looked at her with scorn.
4. You've no right to scorn a poor girl.
5. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
2. His poetry was the object of scorn.
3. The artist looked at her with scorn.
4. You've no right to scorn a poor girl.
5. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
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Meanings and Examples of SCORN
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scorn
v. look down on with disdain
v. reject with contempt
Classic Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1 The house negroes of the County considered themselves superior to white trash, and their unconcealed scorn stung him, while their more secure position in life stirred his envy.
2 Her weapons of scorn, coldness and abuse blunted in her hands, for nothing she could say would shame him.
3 The two measured each other for a moment, but Lily still saw her opponent through a blur of scorn that made all other considerations indistinct.
4 She drew back from him with a desperate assumption of scorn.
5 She had rejected Rosedale's suggestion with a promptness of scorn almost surprising to herself: she had not lost her capacity for high flashes of indignation.
6 It was not the wind at her back, it was the thrust of Bjornstam's scorn which carried her through town.
7 In his fiery eyes of scorn and triumph, you then saw Ahab in all his fatal pride.
8 "Oh, you think you know--" began the loud soldier with scorn.
9 Furthermore, he was much afraid that some arrow of scorn might lay him mentally low before he could raise his protecting tale.
10 As he recalled their terror-struck faces he felt a scorn for them.
11 Some arrows of scorn that had buried themselves in his heart had generated strange and unspeakable hatred.
12 The woman took no notice of these taunts, but walked on, with the same expression of angry scorn, as if she heard nothing.
13 She picked very fast and very clean, and with an air of scorn, as if she despised both the work and the disgrace and humiliation of the circumstances in which she was placed.
14 A glance like sheet-lightning suddenly flashed from those black eyes; and, facing about, with quivering lip and dilated nostrils, she drew herself up, and fixed a glance, blazing with rage and scorn, on the driver.
15 Cassy, with proud scorn, declared she would go to the field.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 The artist looked at her with scorn.
2 She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice.
3 She has nothing but scorn for the new generation of politicians.
4 She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her colleagues when she applied for the job.
5 Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
6 His poetry was the object of scorn.
7 You've no right to scorn a poor girl.
8 Of course this time the object of their scorn is a representative of the real America that Democrats pretend to represent.
9 Mr. Putin poured scorn on the plans to build a new missile shield in Eastern Europe.
10 An object of scorn or derision.
11 Looking askance at her questioner, she displayed her scorn.
12 He gave a scornful laugh at my proposal.
13 We are scornful of the forces of convention.
14 Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
15 His bad action was scorned by the public.