None come so neere to God in wit, none more contemne the world, vatis auarus non temere est animus, sayth Horace, versus amat, hoc studet vnurn.
Seldom haue you seene anie Poet possessed with auarice, onely verses he loues, nothing else he delights in: and as they contemne the world, so contrarily of the mechanicall worlde are none more contemned.
That he which will not heere the brethern admonishing him / And doth contemne the voice of the churche when it reprouith / and correctith hym: he is then to be estemed and taken as an ethnicke / and a publicane.
They scorne my kingdome, and neglect my minde, Contemne me as inconstant as the winde.
Yet obedience must prevaile, They who o're her actions sway: Would have her in th' Ocean saile, And contemne thy narrow sea.
And when love builds upon that rocke, it may safely contemne the battery of the waves, and threatnings of the wind.
Surely nothing else but a carelesse licentiousnesse to deride and contemne a poore and vnknowen Nation, and such other like vices.
Papistes at home, procured bawdie bookes to be translated out of the Italian tonge, whereby ouer many yong willes and wittes allured to wantonnes, do now boldly contemne all seuere bookes that sounde to honestie and godlines.
Then she began tocontemne hir sister, for that she hauing such a man to hir husbande, would suffer him to neglect so meete and iust occasion for recouery of the kingdom.
Here is a lesson for yong Gentlewomen to beware howe they contemne and despise the graue aduise of theyr auncient fathers.
May they perceiue's intent: he wil require them As if he did contemne what he requested, Should be in them to giue Bru.
You cannot put on faces to afright me: In death I am a King still, and contemne ye: Where is that Governor?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contemne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
