Looking for sentences and phrases with the word contemning? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
And viciously contemning the Church more often than not entails a disdainful sidelong glance at the benighted faithful who persist in allegiance to her.
While it may be that a person's contemning an order made in the main action would be strong evidence of deliberate frustration, it does not automatically follow that it is.
Examples from Classical Literature
Such a critic will not respect Balzac's good work the less for contemning his bad work.
I counsel you to free yourself of clogging temptations, by overcoming some, and contemning others, and watching over all.
He upbraids his levity for contemning a country life, which had been his choice, and being eager to return to Rome.
If we pay this attention to them, in one instance, what good reason is there for contemning them in another?
Besides that, I glory in contemning a man who had thoughts to my dishonour.
They glory in despising the laws and contemning royal authority.
His statement came a day ahead of the hearing of a Supreme Court of Pakistan's case against him for contemning the court.
We should aim at celestial honour, and not regard the contemning of men.
