was scorning
- past progressive of scorn.
Example Sentences
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When she went downstairs Paul was lying back in an armchair, holding forth with much vehemence to Agatha, who was scorning a little painting he had brought to show her.
From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
