Example Sentences

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As often as you will find an adoring kasha fan, you’ll also meet someone who will disdain its basic components.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

So is it with books: some polish the parchment, and others copy or correct the text; others again do the illumination, to use the common phrase; but a loftier spirit will disdain these menial occupations.'

From The Great Book-Collectors by Elton, Charles Isaac

Such a student will disdain the humbler walks of painting, which, however profitable, can never assure him a permanent reputation. 

From Seven Discourses on Art by Morley, Henry

But true philosophy will disdain to act either of these parts. 

From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry

The sun is terrific in his heat, it is true, but still one cannot help feeling the want of it, when in England, he will disdain to shine for weeks.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick