He was condemned to death: his honours and lands were declared forfeit: his arms were torn with contumely out of the Heralds' book; and his domains swelled the estate of the cruel and rapacious Perth.
But he failed to effect his purpose, and the expedition of Arnold was fruitful only of misery for a few inhabitants, and of abundant disgrace and contumely for the perpetrators of the outrage.
The Separatists were nearly extinguished, while the more loyal branch of the Puritans still suffered contumely and persecution.
Now doting is to use vain and trifling discourse; and when such babbling is accompanied by wine, it usually ends in most disagreeable and rude contumely and reproach.
Let a man endure to heap contumelyon his own head, and he will silence the contumely of others--for the moment.
Mr. Masterson was clear that this contumely must be checked.
Lord will trouble thee;" words void of contumely or insulting, containing only a close intimation of the cause, and a simple declaration of the event he was to undergo.
A judge must not lay on the most criminal person more blame or contumely than the case will bear, or than serveth the designs of justice.
The star of hope glimmered but feebly above the horizon of contumely and oppression, prophetic of the destruction of slavery and the enfranchisement of the freedman.
For the literall sense is that, which the Legislator is alwayes supposed to be Equity: For it were a great contumely for a Judge to think otherwise of the Soveraigne.
The regiment of women is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, and a subversion of good order, as before.
The argument goes thus: The regiment of women is, as before noted in our work, repugnant to nature, contumely to God, and a subversion of good order.
He was at this time a solitary, crusty old man living in a four-story house on Water street, pursued by the contumely of every one, even of those who flattered him for mercenary purposes.
This business was not ended because our dignity was wounded, or because our patience was worn out with contumely and scorn.
I pass by all the insolence and contumelyof the performance, as it comes from them.
The gallant men who as British subjects volunteered to serve the queen 'of Portugal were refused their pay, and treated with contumely and injury, just as the British legion in Spain had been used.
All had suffered contumely on account of advanced ideas; and all were out of conceit with the existing order.
And the man who is not dominated by the fetish of custom is marked forcontumely by the many.
You may find yourself constrained to fill your offices with men who can face down the contumely of a whole people.
But society is justly lenient in their behalf; and thus the lady who becomes a monarch's favourite, is regarded with envy and respect, and not with contumely or reproach.
And yet woman patiently bears this contumely and scorn.
I wish to bear my share of the reproach and contumely which will be liberally bestowed upon this movement by many who ought to know and to do better; this is indeed the actuating motive which impels me to write.
Neither are this slight andcontumely much diminished by the fact that it was not intended to offer any slight or to convey any contumely.
He stubbornly stuck to his Liturgia for some time yet, but exiled the Jesuits, and dismissed with contumely ministers who had joined the Roman Church.
Gauzbert was captured and with contumely escorted out of the country, while his relative, Nithard, was killed, thus becoming the first Christian martyr in Sweden.
Still her measure of misery and contumely was not filled.
She had been subjected to contumely and cross-questioning and ill-usage through the whole evening.
Is it thus, presumptuous Knight of Ellerslie," cried Soulis, "that by your looks you dare encourage contumely to the lord regent and his peers?
To me this was all very agreeable and reassuring; to my companion it was contumely and insult.
After I was taken from the magistrates' office, I was treated with contumely at the police-station.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contumely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
