Example Sentences
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Claudio’s comrade Benedick, a sardonic bachelor, renews his “merry war” of scornfulness with the ever-disdainful Beatrice, Hero’s high-spirited cousin.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2014
The scornfulness of that laugh stung him, and he returned it with interest.
From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
To him it seemed that Nora regarded him with yet more visible scornfulness.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
The young Count turned somewhat red, both at the coarseness and the scornfulness of the King's reply.
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Even Jed Tighe read the little sheet every week, in spite of his alleged scornfulness.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
