Sentence examples for regret and contempt from inspiring English sources

Richard Leighton gets the balance right in his expressions of ambition, anger, scorn, regret and contempt as Borkman, ostensibly trying to justify himself, lays bare his responsibility for his fall -- from ruling a huge bank and being offered a cabinet post, to conviction for embezzlement and an eight-year self-exile from virtually all human contact, including any with his wife and son.

But your price for peace here is sleepless nights (one or more) when you're kept awake with regret and contempt.

This doesn't prevent Ms. Williams from conveying, in startling glimpses, the very real sadness, regret, contempt and even compassion behind the mask.

Give My Love to London features an inspired collection of collaborators, including Roger Waters, Nick Cave, Anna Calvi and Brian Eno, yet Faithfull never yields centre stage, her gravelly voice imbuing this collection with, by turns, passion, regret and - on Mother Wolf - icy contempt.

We only have received misunderstanding and contempt.

In architecture, ugliness and contempt are synonyms.

Defamation and contempt laws threaten dissent.

Such rage and contempt was startling.

Acts of hate, greed and contempt.

Irritation with Obama has turned into slashing anger and contempt.

His dismissal and contempt, when they came, were devastating.