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Meanings of lofty contempt in English

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Usage of lofty contempt in English
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Long centuries ago, she'd looked down on him with such lofty contempt.
Prince Lestat
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An expression of lofty contempt passed over the brow and lip of Agesilaus.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
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You should cheer up, and treat such manikins with lofty contempt.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
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Salome goes up to him, but he turns from he with lofty contempt.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
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By way of response the Doctor grunted in lofty contempt.
Bruce
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Bonnet looked at the Scotchman with lofty contempt.
Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
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The school regarded them with a lofty contempt, much as an Oxford man regards the townee.
Mike
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They trod with lofty contempt on other people's jobs, especially when there was good in them.
The Education of Henry Adams
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Johnny, goaded out of his lofty contempt of them, whirled suddenly and picked up a rock.
Skyrider
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He regarded those who did not agree with him with the lofty contempt of an Eastern despot.
The Little Warrior
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He fears he knows not what,- areprimand , alookof lofty contempt, a gesture of summary disdain.
Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
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Yet he did so with a leisurely motion, devoid of fear and expressive of a certain lofty contempt.
Further Adventures of Lad
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Billy winked at us and we watched eagerly while Patsy's countenance took on its expression of lofty contempt.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
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Old men generally have a strong aversion or lofty contempt for everything relating to the love matters of youth.
The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776
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Big Fox spoke with lofty contempt, not gazing at Braxton Wyatt, but straight into the eyes of Gray Beaver.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
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The visitor regarded her with a look of lofty contempt, and, having deliberately closed her umbrella, advanced towards the stairs.
The Nether World
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