Sentence examples for contemptible acts from inspiring English sources

To mess those releases up, whether through indifference or calculation or vindictiveness, is among the more contemptible acts I've observed distributors engage in in recent memory.

The Rugby Football Union's chief disciplinary officer, Jeff Blackett, is a supporter of the hardline stance, regarding deliberate gouging as one of the most contemptible acts of foul play in the game.

Yes, our founders were men of lofty principles, but many engaged in contemptible acts that have been whitewashed into non-existence.

These are not just contemptible acts of terrorism that may find some explanation in political, economic, religious, or social ideology; they are nothing less than graceless acts of human evil.

That's why, just like Mr Johnson's infantile behaviour last week, Mr Farage's resignation is a contemptible act that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

It was a contemptible act that saw French league's assets – grounds, funds, even players – handed over to rugby union which until that point was struggling against the growing popularity of the 13-man game.

In a resolution approved by all 15 member countries, the Council declared itself "appalled" by what it called "this outrageous and contemptible act against unarmed international staff who were in West Timor to help the refugees".

These events have remained a matter of controversy between those Polish historians who believe Stanislaus was part of a Bohemian-German plot designed to remove Bolesław and replace him with Władysław, and those who describe the execution as a contemptible act of revenge against a saintly bishop who had excommunicated a cruel, licentious king.

The Japanese prime minister vowed that the nation would not give in to what he described as an "inhumane and contemptible act of terrorism".

People say that I'm like Pop that way, that I'll get this expression on my face, as if whatever you're saying or doing is this crime, and that for you not to desist would be the most contemptible of acts.

In the wake of the horrific act of contemptible violence committed last week at the Family Research Council, conservative Christian leaders at the Council and others volleyed with left-leaning organizations, notably the Southern Poverty Law Center, about the SPLC's designation of the Family Research Council as a hate group.