Sentence examples for palpable contempt from inspiring English sources

Along with Miami's frustration, there has been palpable contempt for the Knicks.

The war hero Coriolanus stands blindfolded on a chair soliciting popular votes for the consulship, and his palpable contempt for the process leads to ugly street fights.

"These defendants have a palpable contempt for the law," he said, referring to Mr. Combs and his two codefendants, Anthony Jones and Mr. Barrow, a rapper who performs under the name Shyne.

It is above all a sideswipe at the ideology of Peter Mandelson, whose earlier book he slated as showing "a palpable contempt for the victims of the current order", who are decried by the Tories to be "feckless", while the young unemployed "are portrayed as a threat, not as a resource wasted by years of malign neglect".

Her industrialist dad is Nick Nolte, who telexes in a performance of palpable detachment and contempt.

It's also worth noting the palpable sneering and contempt for selfies (which most people would hesitate to regard as an art form) may well be influenced by the fact that society views them as a predominantly young, female creation.

Like the '69 Miracle Mets who taught us that "Ya gotta believe" Sport: Iooss & Leifer is so powerful and uplifting that it is just the antidote we are all craving at this crazy time when palpable hate and contempt are the order of the day in Congress, on Fox News, in Sarah Palin's so-called memoir and in Rush's daily rant.

The contempt was palpable in Hillary Clinton too, as her usually steady eyes did everything but roll.

Tensions rise when the education titans meet; the contempt is palpable.

Mr. Dorfman's compassion for the suffering of the women is palpable, as is his contempt for the brutal tactics of the military men.

Dan Balz, who covered those events for the Washington Post and still marvels at them, says it was palpable, "the public's modest contempt for a royal family that was clearly out of touch".