Example Sentences

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If your cynicism disappears, even for a moment, you are dismissed by fellow cynics; worse, you court self-disdain.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016

"Work out your own condemnation for yourself," says she, still with that feverish self-disdain upon her.

From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe

It seemed to him so incredible that he could have laughed aloud in bitterness and self-disdain.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles

But the talk went on, and what with the absurd misery of his own position and the well-known lines the conversation followed, he was fairly aflame with embarrassment and self-disdain.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

She asked herself this question, even in self-disdain.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.