Examples of scornful in a Sentence
He's scornful of anyone who disagrees with his political beliefs.
the actress gave the paparazzi a scornful glare before breezing on by them
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Yet feeling out of place has, ironically, brought Escola even closer to their Mary Todd Lincoln, whose fear that a scornful world might keep her offstage gives the show an unexpected pathos.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The president has outlined a deeply misguided foreign policy vision that is distrustful of U.S. allies, scornful of international institutions, and indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the liberal international order that the United States has sustained for nearly eight decades.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
The Masked Man provides a running commentary, sometimes scornful but sometimes sympathetic.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
Presiding over all this, white-haired, scornful and more than usually vicious, is McKellen’s self-serving, nakedly villainous Falstaff.
—David Benedict, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The president has outlined a deeply misguided foreign policy vision that is distrustful of U.S. allies, scornful of international institutions, and indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the liberal international order that the United States has sustained for nearly eight decades.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
The Masked Man provides a running commentary, sometimes scornful but sometimes sympathetic.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
Presiding over all this, white-haired, scornful and more than usually vicious, is McKellen’s self-serving, nakedly villainous Falstaff.
—David Benedict, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Scornful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scornful. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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