It was the looks of contempt that did it.
What inspires such profound contempt, contempt that is inscribed in the texts of several world religions?
Nor do they lend themselves to the outrage and contempt that provide a satisfying sugar high.
It bespoke a new contempt that was also the coming politics of brutality and bullying.
The contempt that has been aimed at Steve Staunton is contempt for his "Ah sure, it'll do" pose.
The show seemed to justify every ounce of contempt that had been hurled at reality programming for years.
Against Obama we have a cast of Republicans who talk about the federal government with a contempt that must have Madison and Hamilton spinning in their coffins.
Taylor told nostalgic soldiers that their "disease was a moral turpitude," and "was looked upon with contempt – that gonorrhea and syphilis were not more detestable".
The colonel, his sunglasses hiding his eyes but not the look of contempt that curled around his lips, moved on to the next cluster of men.
Then, the political rivals could hardly speak of each other without the kind of contempt that is bred by a hard-fought election.
She's up close to the audience, and hints of superciliousness surface on her otherwise impassive face, an undercurrent of contempt that runs through the whole show.
