| For Tobe an attitude of contemptuousness appeared to be the indicated mood. |
| Moreover I remembered sensitively his contemptuousness of manner to me at my last interview in his office. |
| She muttered rather than spoke these few words, but with a contemptuousness of inflection that was most expressive. |
| Bossuet could not veil his haughty countenance, and his language is that of asperity and contemptuousness instead of moderation. |
| His reaction is to confront John, who encouraged this evangelistic initiative, with the racist and contemptuousness of its approach. |
| He looked through her with a contemptuousness such as she could not have imagined. |
