contumelies
- plural of contumely.
Example Sentences
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But they whom serious danger could not deter from renewing and indefinitely repeating such attempts at all hazards, were little likely to be appalled by these contumelies of speech.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John
So faithfully preserves thou each small favor, And hast no memory for contumelies?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
Gwenwyn will forget the contumelies of Raymond, and raise his daughter to high honour among the daughters of the Cymry.
From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir
The love of injuries, contumelies, and humiliations, made him find in them his greatest joy.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Dare you look the world's unjust contumelies stedfastly in the face?
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
