Example Sentences

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Now they had all seen—everyone in the shop—and no doubt were scorning him for a poor sort of creature, cringing and puny, unable to defend himself.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

When the men were scorning him for the way he had avoided this battle, she, at least, would understand, and her understanding would be a mercy.

From Black Jack by Brand, Max

You were scorning the proffered services of a horticultural mercenary at the moment of my arrival.”

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest