Sentence examples for becomes contemptuous from inspiring English sources

Talking about the story, my tone becomes contemptuous.

Convinced of his intellectual superiority and moral vision, he turns harsh and judgmental at school and becomes contemptuous of his wife (Barbara Rush) and an oppressive disciplinarian to his young son (Christopher Olsen), whom he confronts with a righteous yet deadly rage.

Similar to the real-life model, Martha Logan becomes contemptuous of her husband's conduct in office and decides to go public and end his career.

By the time he hit the noxious traffic of Denver, he had become contemptuous of his own muddiness.

And when a witness is deprived of the advice of counsel he may be completely unaware that his conduct has crossed the obscure boundary and become contemptuous.

Once the potato had been forcibly introduced to Ireland by English overlords -- who skimmed off the tastier meat and vegetables for themselves -- the peasants became contemptuous of their single, unpredictable source of nourishment.

We have allowed ourselves in our politics to become contemptuous of knowledge, wary of science, and suspicious of expertise".

Far from being grateful for the president's continued support, for his administration's kid-glove handling of the finance sector, and for the generosity of government guarantees, bankers have, like many disillusioned Americans, become contemptuous of the American Presidency.

We become more contemptuous and prejudicial.

In the two years since her rocky vice presidential candidacy, Ms. Palin has become famously contemptuous of the "lamestream media," which she has often described as elite and conspiratorial (against her and America's exceptionalism).

So how do you make it through the day and not become a contemptuous jerk?