Sentence examples of "contempt" in English

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Translations: all3 mépris3
He always speaks of the government with contempt. Il parle toujours du gouvernement avec mépris.
I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior. Je n'ai que mépris pour un comportement aussi malhonnête.
Yet, with all this strange appearance of humility, and this contempt for human reason, he ventures into the boldest presumptions. Pourtant, malgré toute cette étrange apparence d'humilité et ce mépris pour la raison humaine, il s'aventure dans les suppositions les plus audacieuses.
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