| His undisguised contempt for the press and his refusal to answer journalists' questions provoked grumbling within the White House press corps. |
| The term ' slush pile ' gives a clear flavour of the contempt in which unsolicited submissions are held. |
| For all of the above reasons, the Applicants' motion for contempt is denied. |
| The father later used a racial slur against the child's stepfather, and was held in contempt for this. |
| The Defence Secretary rattled through his performance with undisguised contempt for the military tradition he was liquidating. |
| Indeed, contempt for the acting profession pervades the film, embodied in the figure of Sutter, the studio bondsman on Howard's tail. |
