Sentence examples for great contempt from inspiring English sources

At most I feel a great contempt.

"I hope you don't suppose those are real tears?" Tweedledum interrupted in a tone of great contempt.

Ford once said that he had a great contempt for fact, while guaranteeing his accuracy as to impressions.

They were running off on their fancy vacations and had contempt for the people I grew up around, they had great contempt for religion.

So I have a great contempt for people who can fill in grant proposals better than they can tune their instruments.

I was reading Black Beauty and I said, 'Oh, the poor horses' and my father said, 'You stupid child', with great contempt.

And I have nothing but the greatest contempt for them in the world.

They have never been held in greater contempt by the people who employ them.

As minister of state at defence, his greatest contempt was for military politicians.

At the same time, no other country holds history itself in greater contempt.

In any case, at the Royal Horticultural Society, few things are regarded with greater contempt than gnomes, except perhaps plastic foliage.