Scornfully

Examples

• Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They may pledge and make pledge,' continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Bute Crawley, you are a fool, said the Rector's wife scornfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She flung up her head scornfully, looked him full in the face, and said, Well, suppose he is fond of me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And scornfully walked away, and--what was worse--took the candle with her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Madame Defarge looked at her scornfully, but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It's pity, said I, scornfully, as I finished my interrupted breakfast, that the man did not say what he had done and would do again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Could it be for him that the fair Arabella had looked scornfully on the sprightly Bob Sawyer, or had he a successful rival? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Jos waved his hand, scornfully glancing at the same time under his eyelids at the great folks opposite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It's only my poor Ellen that has kept any of their wicked blood; the rest of them are all model Mingotts, cried the old lady scornfully. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Uncle, said she, whenever you speak of marriage you speak of it scornfully. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He had proposed for Miss Swartz, but had been rejected scornfully by the partisans of that lady, who married her to a young sprig of Scotch nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I should think you'd have known Mr. Brooke wouldn't write such stuff as that, she added, scornfully tossing down the paper. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My lord, you scornfully bade me claim your daughter when I could boast as high a name and vast a fortune as the Count Antonio. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• To have his love used so scornfully! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• A little too much, I think,' Miss Bella reflected scornfully, 'to have Pa's lodger laying claim to me, and keeping eligible people off! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She scornfully ridiculed the idea. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Perhaps the skeleton laughed scornfully on being intrusted with this question and this answer; certainly Mrs Lammle did, and Mr Lammle did. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My Lady carelessly and scornfully abstracts her attention. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You still speak scornfully, and cynically, and sorely; but I will make you change your note before I have done with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Thornton smiled scornfully as he heard them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Of course, it is unknown in the fashionable circles,' she continued, scornfully. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And he laughed scornfully. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Very little, said Anselmo scornfully. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• That is a parting proof of Mr. Harris' regard, he said, scornfully. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Father,' she returned, almost scornfully, 'what other proposal can have been made to _me_? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A third shout came from the valley below, but Caliphronas only laughed scornfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Typist: Ruth