How to Use scorn in a Sentence

scorn

1 of 2 noun
  • They treated his suggestion with scorn.
  • Her political rivals have poured scorn on her ideas for improving the tax system.
  • But at least one landmark of the genre should be spared the scorn.
    — The Economist, 27 June 2020
  • Let someone else tell the hard truth and accept the rage and scorn.
    — David French, National Review, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Nix knows that the acclaim could turn back into scorn as the leaves start to brown.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The technique was the subject of scorn and ridicule in some corners.
    — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Twitter feed ran the full gamut from utter scorn to heartfelt thanks.
    — al, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Third, the scorn for this trio now seems priced in at these low levels relative to their highs.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The scorn is strong in this book — and not only directed outward.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Choose something else from the long list of more worthy candidates of scorn.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The design was met with scorn and alarm and quickly retracted.
    — Curbed, 2 Nov. 2022
  • For centuries, obesity has been a focus of scorn and ridicule.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But being the target of the internet’s scorn is not de facto a bad thing.
    — Jameson Rich, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • And adding to the tragedy is the discrimination and scorn that was heaped upon them.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Those who find the courage to speak out are often met with stigmatisation and scorn.
    — Fakhrriyyah Hashim, Quartz Africa, 22 July 2019
  • Christine Fair has felt the scorn that can follow a viral story.
    — Sarah Larimer, courant.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The move was widely derided and heaped piles of scorn on Shkreli.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 May 2018
  • Since then Ms Mugabe has been a pariah, left to her shopping and scorn.
    — The Economist, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Uber drivers are very low on the socio-economic totem pole, objects of both pity and scorn.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021
  • Yet as the sisters step out into their community, their scorn is thrown right back in their faces.
    — Thomas Harlander, Los Angeles Magazine, 7 May 2018
  • Some of the questions and arguments drew scorn from observers in the courtroom.
    — NBC News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The scorn being heaped on her by people who couldn’t vault over a cheeseburger is coming in hot and heavy.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2021
  • His views earned him the scorn of some students who dismissed his opinions entirely with a wave of their hand.
    — Isaiah Aguirre, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
  • The back-to-front oddity of Mr Bloomberg’s campaign has drawn a lot of scorn.
    — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2020
  • The scooter start-up Bird laid off a third of its work force remotely, drawing huge amounts of scorn.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Those who know better but act badly deserve the scorn of the people — maybe more than the lunatic-in-chief.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • No one is spared from the barrage of scorn that the writers have for general living beings.
    — Sarah Moroz, Vulture, 2 July 2021
  • Which is not to say that Jewish spaces are safe from external judgment and scorn.
    — Jesse Brown, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And Trump’s rude remarks aren’t reserved just for black women; black men have been targets of his scorn, too.
    — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 14 Aug. 2018
  • The removal of the section from the website drew the scorn of Kasich's own Lt.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 19 Feb. 2018

scorn

2 of 2 verb
  • He scorns anyone who earns less money than he does.
  • Her actions were scorned by many people.
  • They were scorned as fanatics.
  • Hell hath no fury like… an ex scorned?
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hell hath no fury like a Canuck scorned.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hell hath no fury like a dancing duo scorned.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Aronimink has drawn both praise and scorn this week.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Gastineau says the video has led to him being ridiculed and scorned.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Hell hath no fury like a therapist scorned.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned—something along those lines.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The scorelessness has turned to scorn, too.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In Splitsville, Julie is a wife scorned and ignored.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Slip artists, many of them gay, and many of them women, were proud to scorn this model.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In a sense, the entire punk genre sprung up to scorn the concept of trying too hard.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2020
  • If one offered for love all the wealth of one's house, it would be utterly scorned.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 May 2018
  • To do so was to risk almost certain death or, at the least, scorn from our neighbors.
    — David Holloway, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • For years, Knicks owner James Dolan has been scorned by fans.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Throughout our years in this country it has been used to scorn and belittle us.
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Don't miss the opening and closing acts And don't scorn the nights away from the peak date.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Aim to clean once a week—hell hath no fury like Angry Mama scorned.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 20 June 2017
  • And yet the response to the story, for many, was scorn and disbelief.
    — Mary Ziegler, CNN, 16 July 2022
  • However, Eleanor is not a woman to be scorned.
    — Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
  • People who disagree with you are to be scorned, shunned and ignored -- not engaged.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 15 June 2017
  • The sun, which had been scorching, scorned our embrace then hid behind the riverbank.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Wherever hatred and bigotry comes from, it should be called out, it should be scorned and shut down.
    — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2017
  • A lot of us on the right like to scorn, mock, and dump on government, for plenty of good reasons.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 June 2021
  • Even those without a racist bone in their body will scorn protest and any method of upsetting the apple cart.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Joe scorns his customers for buying Dan Brown novels and chakra guides.
    — Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Those who believed in finvenkismo scorned Raŭmismo.
    — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Her belief that tech can save us maps to the often rosy outlook that has brought attention and scorn to our brand.
    — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023

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