"contempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His voice held not only contempt, but anger, and perhaps a hint of irritation.
- Wilson held contempt for the belief that African Americans could be free and self-governing.
- His fawnish eyes encountered Ventidius's, and he went red; they held contempt.
- The lieutenant was formally polite but his face held bored contempt.
- I learned to hold contempt for individuals of brutish caliber - the type which constitutes the average American criminal.
- His smile was pleasant, but his gaze held contempt.
- Again her look at Dixie held only contempt.
- I hold much contempt for organizations that cannot stick to relevent and newsworthy reporting.
- He's threatening to hold me-me-in contempt of Congress.
- The flat black pebbles of her eyes still held contempt, though.
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