Example Sentences

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However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

Like many tech tycoons, Gates had made failed investments over the previous decade in biofuels, a technology Smil has scorned because it is so land-hungry.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2018

She is a trans person who has scorned societal labels by refusing gender reassignment, yet also embraced the family institution to become a mother.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2016

Since its launch 21 years ago, Chipotle has scorned most conventional marketing and held firm to its bold brand promise: Food with Integrity.

From Forbes • Jun. 6, 2014

There have been a dozen ways of killing the animal of which he has scorned to avail himself.

From John Caldigate by Trollope, Anthony