How to Use contempt in a Sentence

contempt

noun

• He spoke with contempt in his voice.
• He feels that wealthy people view him with contempt because he is poor.
• She was arrested for contempt of court.
• She has displayed a profound contempt for her opponents.
• The contempt request has not yet been ruled on by the court.
  — Jina Moore, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• It’s the second time the state has been held in contempt.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
• The court may find me in contempt, and order me to jail.
  — Bridget Read, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
• By noting the contempt that greets her, the book captures the times.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Again, the judge told her to return in a dress or be held in contempt.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• No date has been set for a hearing on the contempt motion.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2021
• Arpaio was charged and later found guilty of contempt of court.
  — Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2020
• To do so would risk being held in contempt of court — and put in jail.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• The contempt resolution now goes to the full House for a vote.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• The judges called the board members lucky that the visa applicant didn’t ask the court to hold them in contempt.
  — Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg.com, 6 May 2020
• But is their contempt for Trump enough reason to get high turnout at the polls?
  — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 30 July 2019
• Her lawyers moved to hold him in contempt of court, which could lead to his arrest.
  — Erika Kinetz and Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2021
• He was jailed twice for contempt of court and vilified by much of the press and public.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2020
• And who have a hard time feeling anything but contempt for the other.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
• The Reels brothers were held in contempt of court for nearly eight years.
  — Jade Lawson, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• That grin is a smirk, a freeze-frame guffaw, and a snicker of contempt all at the same time.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
• Neither of them was among those Schimel said should face contempt charges.
  — Scott Bauer, The Seattle Times, 17 Dec. 2017
• Navalny had been found guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court earlier in the day.
  — NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022
• All the while, Passmore Williamson was still in jail for contempt.
  — Carrie Hagen, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2020
• The man was given five days in jail for contempt of court, according to the station.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 18 Apr. 2023
• He was found in contempt and ultimately served a year in prison.
  — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, 5 Oct. 2017
• Don refused to reveal its whereabouts and spent six days in jail for contempt.
  — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
• And most of all, there was everywhere a contempt for human life.
  — WSJ, 23 Dec. 2018
• At the city's request, Gasiorkiewicz found her in contempt.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2020
• That case is now scheduled for a contempt hearing later this month.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024