This morning her sister had risen almost as early as Parris, a feat of biblical proportions, as Annabelle generally disdained any hour before noon.

Yet a third possibility is that the title is a dig at the New York literary critics who generally disdained Bukowski's work, scoring him as the equivalent of a ham actor with an overwrought, amateurish style.

The notion of polygamy was not only generally disdained by most of Joseph Smith's contemporaries, it is also contrary to the traditional Christian understanding of marriage.

Until recently, hospitals generally disdained all but the most discreet marketing efforts - a lecture series, perhaps, or a health fair - and most institutions simply waited for referrals from staff physicians.

Chiun had given up too easily and Smith vowed to be sure to watch the Olympics on television, an instrument he generally disdained.

The elves generally disdained human customs as they disdained humans, but they had taken to the masquerade, which had been introduced by Gilthas in the year 21 to celebrate his ascension to the throne twenty years previously.

Both performed with Ornette Coleman in Los Angeles in the late 1950's, when Mr. Coleman was unknown and generally disdained by musicians and jazz followers alike.

During these decades Jews embraced the term (the Palestine Post, the Palestine Brewery, the Palestine Brigades were all Jewish organizations) while the Arabs generally disdained and distanced themselves from it (arguing that Palestine was a "Zionist Invention").

He embarked on psychotherapy (generally disdained by male athletes and distrusted by blacks, he notes).