How to use "disdain" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "disdain" in popular movie and book plots

  • In spite of just saving her life, she treats them with disdain and starts looking for Giorgio.  - Nights of Cabiria
  • At the Olympus ball, Pres and Julie's entrance is met with shock and disdain by all present.  - Jezebel (film)
  • The converts express their disdain for the commercialism of the compound and demand Tommy teach them something more useful.  - Tommy (1975 film)
  • At his first game, he befriends teammate Tom Stewart but earns the disdain of star player and team bully Larry Willingham.  - Air Bud
  • The combination of the daughter's disdain and the father's rakishness drives Anne to a tragic end.  - Bonjour Tristesse (film)
  • His reverence for Buddhist teachings and disdain for bloodshed prompt him to defy his family's tradition of practising martial arts.  - Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
  • Predictably, when the voting is tied or she disagrees with the outcome, she often overrules the decision, to the disdain of the other girls.  - Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
  • mrs Tingle's romantic self-revelations are incredible, furthering her captors' disdain of her.  - Teaching Mrs. Tingle
  • Myshkin is tormented by her suffering, and Rogozhin is tormented by her love for Myshkin and her disdain for his own claims on her.  - The Idiot
  • But her disdain for the town's physical ugliness and smug conservatism compels her to reform it.  - Main Street (novel)
  • There he encounters his cousin, Sue Bridehead (Winslet), who is beautiful and intelligent, and shares his disdain for convention.  - Jude (film)
  • He gets custody of Annie and influences her to disdain Effi.  - Effi Briest
  • A bloody and battered Rocky gives a victory speech, acknowledging how the local crowd's disdain of him had turned to respect during the fight.  - Rocky IV
  • A day or so later, she has a bitter argument with her father, who makes his disdain for her abundantly clear.  - The Heiress
  • Mrs O'Leary approves of the match, but expresses disdain for the loose-living Belle.  - In Old Chicago
  • As they go through several adventures together, Ellie loses her initial disdain for him and begins to fall in love.  - It Happened One Night

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