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Meanings of disdainful expression in English

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Usage of disdainful expression in English
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Gretchen looks across the room at Donnie with a disdainful expression.
Donnie Darko
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Gerhardt took it and glanced at it with a disdainful expression.
One of Ours
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He looked at the man with a slightly disdainful expression on his face.
Complete Books of Blood
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The sharp uplifted profile with its disdainful expression drew her eyes against their will.
The History of David Grieve
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Whenever there was any question of money, Leonard Upjohn assumed a slightly disdainful expression.
Of Human Bondage
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A bright, almost disdainful expression shone in Marie's fine eyes.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 / Volume 18, New Series, O...
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Her face wore a dignified but somewhat disdainful expression.
The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise
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Frank nodded, his face a picture of saddened confusion as he met my mother's disdainful expression.
Another life altogether: a novel
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Thorn arched one perfect brow into the most arrogant and disdainful expression Dev had ever seen.
No mercy
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Her face assumed a more proud and disdainful expression, and the light in her dark eyes grew brighter and brighter.
The Champdoce Mystery
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But they weren't serious, for while keeping the kitchen informed of what was going on she twice repeated her disdainful expression:
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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But his glance did not waver; not a muscle of his face moved; his countenance retained its usually cold and disdainful expression.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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He was overcome by a need to do something about it, to rattle her so badly she would lose that distant, disdainful expression.
Do you take this rebel?
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Still with a petulant, disdainful expression, the boy leaned forward and ran his long, slender fingers with their cushioned tips over Hanson's coat.
The Black Pearl
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Indeed, they were all very full of business and wore a disdainful expression, as became good housewives for whom men had ceased to exist.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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These words, and also, perhaps, the disdainful expression on the beautiful face, reassured the old man, for he answered, not without a sigh, Ah!
The Chouans
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