| From the beginning they declined to meet with his own weapons a man whom they so contemned. |
| Artists had been contemned before, and had lived to turn the laugh on their contemners. |
| Even though he contemned them, he was anxious that they should like him. |
| Henry worshipped him, and the more Tom was contemned the more Henry worshipped. |
| It nettled him to be put on the defensive, his subtleness openly contemned. |
| She is influential — her cultic following included the young Alan Greenspan — but she is contemned by many intellectuals and is no patron saint to the bloggers at Secular Right. |
