Example Sentences

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She is despising Lysken, at this moment, as a shallow, prosaic character, who cannot enter into the depth of her feelings, and has not attained the height of her experience.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

That old villain! you may see by his eye that he is despising them all the time.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

Not only is it making a fool of the boy, but it is despising the gifts of Providence, and teaching him to trample them under his feet.’

From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne

The “Tracts for the Times” tell us “that the Bishop is Christ’s representative, and the priests the Bishop’s, so that despising the clergy is despising Christ.”

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)