Usage of "look down on"

Regard with contempt.

Usage of look down on in English

He used to look down on me from so much higher up. 
 Hook 

In this movie, you look down on New York from the sky. 
 Reuters 

They look down on the islanders as theatrical; but it's partly jealousy. 
 The Chauffeur and the Chaperon 

Tourists could rarely look down on terracompatible planets in such a fashion. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

In these days, there are too many who look down on hand-craft. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 

Its handsome Anglican tower seemed to look down on him with contempt. 
 New york: the novel 

The Elite stared up as the two Spartans look down on it. 
 Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe 

I'd had plenty of people ignore me or look down on me. 
 Shadow and Bone 

To take it for granted that I shall look down on them. 
 The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories 

For my father had taught me to look down on that word. 
 The Vicar's Daughter 

And you, Mr. Randolph, may stand and look down on us both. 
 Bertram Cope's Year 

From this second-story window she can look down on the busy street. 
 After dark 

If your father was a clergyman, you probably look down on me. 
 Sally Bishop: A Romance 

We all like to have someone to look down on-don'twe, Chris? 
 Seize the night 

I would like to look down on this building and this street. 
 Perdido Street Station 

But don't look down on someone because they've got a big telly. 
 The Guardian 

Meanings of look down on in English