Sentence examples for it was scorned from inspiring English sources
When Liggett, a much smaller American tobacco firm, made its first stab at settling various lawsuits in 1996, it was scorned as a traitor.
The show itself was never taken seriously by critics or even rival television executives; in fact it was scorned as shallow.
But it was scorned perhaps a little too quickly, demonstrating the Bangkok elite's lack of concern and compassion for the deadly conflict their southern compatriots are suffering.A similar situation exists in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where an insurgency has been raging for decades in mainly Muslim areas of Mindanao and other southern islands.
It was scorned for centuries by people north of the river as little more than a mass of slums and unsightly manufacturing plants until the construction of the nearby South Bank Centre in the 1950's and 60's drew people back to the area for entertainment, a trend that has picked up pace with smaller theaters like the Young and Old Vics on The Cut and Shakespeare's Globe nearer the river.
Informality -- indeed, a hint of rowdiness -- is as prized by the American electorate as it is scorned by the government of China.
He hired a coach, Sam Mussabini, and was scorned for it by a British sports establishment infused with the notion of the gentleman amateur.
Yet the administration was scorned because it did not react in August 2001 to earlier intelligence indicating that Al Qaeda wanted to fly planes into buildings.
His academic world was scorned.
Their commercialism was scorned in other Elfin courts.
