Sentence examples for show of contempt from inspiring English sources

He then went on to remind a CNN interviewer of famous incidents in World War II when General Patton urinated in the Rhine River in a show of contempt for Hitler, and, to similar end, Churchill reportedly urinated on Hitler's vaunted Siegfried Line.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba, April 6 — A 27-year-old Ethiopian accused of plotting terror attacks with the American prisoner Jose Padilla used his first appearance before a military tribunal here to stage an elaborate show of contempt for the special court in which he is to be tried.

The phrase "throw shade", which Collins said was made popular in gay communities in late 1980s America, and which it defines as "to make a public show of contempt for someone or something, often in a subtle or non-verbal manner", also made Collins's list, as did "sharenting" ("the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one's children").

A Show Of Contempt As strange as it might sound, one of the clearest signs of marital trouble is a simple and common facial expression: eye-rolling.

Unfortunately for Donnchad, however, he lost his life in the encounter; and according to the thirteenth-century ecclesiast Giraldus Cambrensis (died 1220×23), the Dubliners added insult to injury by burying his corpse with that of a dog as a show of contempt to the Leinstermen.

We disrupt them, with shows of contempt, or little displays of impishness, for the same reasons that protesters tote AR-15s instead of talking about PPOs: to wrest a bit of control.

It was the latest showing of contempt between the man accused of the killing, his family, and the victim's relatives, all members of the close-knit group of Bukharan Jews in Queens.

Some were caught during raids by the Gestapo and interned; others, such as Marianne Cohn, who had helped the Liwerants, were tortured and beaten to death, or – like Le Forestier, Le Chambon's maverick doctor, whose reckless shows of contempt for the Germans extended to blowing his car horn loudly when they played music in the village square – were shot.

She insisted she had not actually handled any bombs and made a show of her contempt for the proceedings.

For him, denying Lear his luxuries seems to be one more show of their contempt for their father, rather than a plausible concern for their new priorities.

He showed flashes of contempt and anger at the proceedings, complaining about poor translation and microphones.