had scorned
- past perfect of scorn.
Example Sentences
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She dies operatically on stage in front of the hometown folks who had scorned her back when.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2015
And here was India, the unaligned, seeking and receiving help from the Western powers it had scorned.
From Time Magazine Archive
He developed the classical side of the orchestra's repertory, which Stokowski had scorned, and became a tireless promoter of new works.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two months ago national charitarians had cried "Foul!" when, discussing the tax bill with newshawks, the Champion had scorned corporation gifts to charity as a crass method of buying public goodwill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her older sisters had scorned their father by seizing control after he was forced to flee Alexandria.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
