Example Sentences

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Black officers say they have always faced greater challenges than White cops, but now they find themselves empathizing with the very protesters who are scorning them.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2020

It's tempting to see her good side and ignore her bad side, and the same fans who are scorning Jon Snow for not seeing it before fell into the same trap that ensnared him.

From Salon • May 13, 2019

At bughts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning,   Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae; Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing,   Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir