Sentence examples for breeding contempt from inspiring English sources

But far from breeding contempt, in finance it seems that familiarity may breed investment.

You might suppose this is a case of familiarity breeding contempt: that spending one's days working with and writing about the fashion industry leads to the sort of ennui that means one could never relax and enjoy this new series.

Familiarity if not breeding contempt, has certainly bred a wonderful history, which thrives to this day.

It may be the ultimate example of familiarity breeding contempt.

Perhaps it is a question of familiarity breeding contempt.

When there were 30-odd three-day matches in the season, captains' contrivances (and declaration bowling) got a bad press – a case of familiarity breeding contempt.

He spent years suggesting immigration was a huge problem that needed to be massively reduced, and failed to do so, breeding further contempt and fury.

"Success breeds contempt.

Familiarity can breed contempt.

You're breeding even more contempt from people who don't necessarily have a liking of you in the first place.

Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt.