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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Trump’s reaction to Modi’s trip to Tianjin has been scornful, claiming that India is offering to drop all tariffs on American goods.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump, too, is scornful of what European diplomacy could achieve, declaring recently that Iran doesn’t want to talk to Europe.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The cast gets a huge boost at midseason with the arrival of John Leguizamo, equally broadly funny and vulnerable as Dave’s disgraced former partner, and Anna Chlumsky, hilariously scornful as a law enforcement outsider who gets brought into the story’s chaos.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
The advisee may present herself as a supplicant but end up an aggressor, demanding and scornful.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump, too, is scornful of what European diplomacy could achieve, declaring recently that Iran doesn’t want to talk to Europe.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The cast gets a huge boost at midseason with the arrival of John Leguizamo, equally broadly funny and vulnerable as Dave’s disgraced former partner, and Anna Chlumsky, hilariously scornful as a law enforcement outsider who gets brought into the story’s chaos.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
The advisee may present herself as a supplicant but end up an aggressor, demanding and scornful.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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“Scornful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scornful. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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