Sentence examples for critical contempt from inspiring English sources

"Little Dorrit," which appeared between 1855 and 1857, outsold all its predecessors and outpaced them, too, in critical contempt.

As two masterpieces of kitsch painting – Vladimir Tretchikoff's blue-faced Chinese Girl and Salvador Dali's equally bizarre portrait of Mona Bismarck – prepare to go under the hammer, let's pay homage to the aesthetic that thrives on mockery and critical contempt.

His novels and stories often touched on gay themes, which exposed him to critical contempt, notably with the publication of "Two People" (1965), about a love affair between a New York stockbroker whose wife has left him and a 17-year-old Italian boy in Rome.

Elspeth Huxley's lifelong romance with Africa brought her literary celebrity for her lyrical, semiautobiographical reflections on her girlhood in colonial Africa -- "The Flame Trees of Thika" (1959) and "The Mottled Lizard" (1962) -- as well as critical contempt from African intellectuals for her views on British colonial policy and her romanticized picture of colonial life.

A mix of enthusiasm, consternation and critical contempt became the normal response to new Mahler symphonies, although the songs were better received.

However, Mandelson sounds a critical note: Selfe's contempt for the liberal arts tradition and the priority he accorded practical skill have certain implications which cannot be commended.

You might say, then, that "Contempt" is both critical and self-critical.

Mandela tried to build a relationship with these young radicals, although he was critical of their racialism and contempt for white anti-apartheid activists.

The "critical mass" concept inspired the most contempt from the Supreme Court's conservatives during oral argument Wednesday morning in Fisher v. University of Texas.

Do you express complaint, contempt, or criticism?

In a critical judgment, he was found guilty of contempt of court.