Sentence examples for target of contempt from inspiring English sources

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But Glenn Latimer, the secretary general of the World Marathon Majors — marathon's version of tennis' Grand Slam — said Wittenberg did not deserve to be the target of contempt.

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Arianna and Schwarzenegger engaged almost immediately, and she particularly became a target of his contempt.

Even the 'Single Mothers by Choice' network became a target of my contempt: I would never join a club whose very name seemed to announce defeat.

Not coincidentally, this is the group most likely to become the target of the contempt and thus the very public venom of extremists on the far-right and the far-left, working in unacknowledged but full concert, keen to neutralize people they see as spineless, bloodless sell-outs.

His customer was an object of contempt.

So I don't feel like going to anyone's place to visit so as not to be an object of contempt.

Today, it's reached the top spot on Twitter once again, and, once again, AT&T is the target of waves of contempt.

Disdainful of anything that smacks of media hype or dumbing down — recent targets of his contempt have included the television series "Glee" and the "X Factor" judge Simon Cowell — Mr. Albarn, 43, is not known for his love of the press.

Once one of Japan's most prestigious companies, Tokyo Electric has become the target of anger and contempt, and some observers question whether it will need government aid.

Seeing his desperate state, she offers to pray for Joseph, and her concern seems for a moment to soften him, although he's soon making her the target of his sour contempt.

What is clear, without analyzing his arithmetic, is that snark is an expression of contempt that is contemptuous not only of its target but of standards of logic, evidence, and decency.

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