Sentence examples similar to express veiled contempt from inspiring English sources

Responding to Acheson, Larson accused him of a "thinly veiled contempt for state and municipal government," formed under "the influence of a school of European political theory" — specifically, the socialist theory of Harold Laski.

They typically repeat platitudes about investment, risk-taking and job creation with the veiled contempt that the nation doesn't understand their contribution.

Yet Tehran's official reaction to the 2011 Arab awakening shows that, at the heart of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Middle East strategy, there is a veiled contempt for Arab intelligence, autonomy and prosperity.

I'm not saying you have to be deep-throating a copy of Feminine Mystique while blasting Julie Ruin, but could some of you (emphasis on SOME) not have such thinly veiled contempt for women?

Do you express complaint, contempt, or criticism?

Mr Black, a conservative, used his papers to express his contempt for the prime minister.

"Identity politics," he scoffed, clearly believing that phrase more than sufficient to express his contempt.

Suddenly he can't find a metaphor hairy enough to express his contempt.

I don't express this contempt for the party blithely or to prove a point.

"In no way do they express any contempt for believers of any faith".

Over and over, the pair express their contempt for people beyond Trump and Clinton — other politicians, the media and lawmakers.