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.
• Yet she’s chased down, shot at, and risks contempt of court.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
• Lawrence is well aware of Black’s contempt for bases on balls.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
• Arpaio was charged and later found guilty of contempt of court.
  — Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2020
• You guys can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home.
  — James Powel, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
• Again, the judge told her to return in a dress or be held in contempt.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• To do so would risk being held in contempt of court — and put in jail.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 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
• But the contempt seems to be even louder behind closed doors.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
• Both were found in contempt of Congress.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2026
• Neither of them was among those Schimel said should face contempt charges.
  — Scott Bauer, The Seattle Times, 17 Dec. 2017
• By noting the contempt that greets her, the book captures the times.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• The general contempt with which fans are held.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• 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
• And who have a hard time feeling anything but contempt for the other.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
• All the while, Passmore Williamson was still in jail for contempt.
  — Carrie Hagen, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2020
• The Reels brothers were held in contempt of court for nearly eight years.
  — Jade Lawson, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Some scoff at Texas hunting, and even regard it with near contempt.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
• But the contempt for Europe did not begin there.
  — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
• Anyone who doesn’t respect the order could be found in contempt of court.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
• Those who dodged military service should not speak in contempt of those who served.
  — Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
• Frost manages to do the same job without scandal, chaos or contempt.
  — Jj Holmes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
• Why does the contempt for cliché seem to inspire such uninspired critique?
  — Katie Kadue, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• For people who would do such a thing, Paine’s contempt has no bottom.
  — Matthew Redmond august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
• Navalny had been found guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court earlier in the day.
  — NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022