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Many Russians look as though they were despising their neighbours when, as a matter of fact, they're really despising themselves.

From The Dark Forest by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

He wondered if Lily were despising him, and wished that she would not catch hold of these detestable young men by the lapels of their coats, or submit to their throaty persiflage.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

If you say, "What if this were despising the sacrament and tempting God?"

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin

"It seems unlike you somehow, almost as though you were despising your own flesh and blood."

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

To have fancied all my life—vain fool that I was!—that every one loved and admired me, and to find that they were despising me, hating me, all along!

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles