Sentence examples for disdain. from inspiring English sources

His piss-take of George Galloway's Cantona-eque concession speech ("The hyena can bounce on the lion's grave, but it can never be a lion …") brilliantly combines dopeyness and disdain.

"The magazine seems to be entirely sincere in its anarchic expressions of disdain toward organized religion.

The group of doctors last week urged university officials to remove Oz from a faculty position on the grounds that he promotes "quack treatments" and "has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, as well as baseless and relentless opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops".

I am intolerant of the Italian disdain for the urban environment, and the inability to value, care for and maintain its enormous cultural patrimony.

I was grateful for the facilities and made some lasting friends, but I shared most normal people's disdain for much of the pomp and snobbery.

There is only so much the UK can say to other countries about their human rights records when they show disdain for judgments which go against them at Strasbourg.

In every marginal seat I have visited there is disdain for politics in general rather than focused rage against the Tories.

A local woman told me with disdain that Japanese tourists queue outside Gucci at 8am during the sales.

Here it distracts from the usual disdain that McDonald's receives from the chattering public.

The view from the mainland While the blanket censorship makes it difficult to assess public sentiment towards the protest (state media has taken a hardline on the protests and censors blocked or scrubbed clean social media, mainland citizens have responded to past Hong Kong demonstrations with a mixture of puzzlement, envy and disdain.

I love the people who disdain the spectacle while tapping their feet furtively in their loungerooms.