He is contemptuous of environmentalism and of indigenous reserves, which he sees as unfairly blocking economic development (a minority of the indigenous agree with him).
You know, we're interested in, like, you know an awkward interaction, or a smile, or a contemptuous glance, or maybe a very awkward wink, or maybe even something like a handshake.
I knew now why her face was familiar—its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me, from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
Belle would get up, stretch herself lazily, give one or two contemptuous sniffs, go to the opposite side of the hearth and lie down, and I, wearied and disappointed, went off in search of Martha.
The next day Harry confided in both Ron and Hermione the task that Dumbledore had set him, though separately, for Hermione still refused to remain in Ron's presence longer than it took to give him a contemptuous look.
She, however, merely gave Umbridge a contemptuous glance and plunged straight into the trees, moving at such a pace that Umbridge, with her shorter legs, had difficulty in keeping up.
" The Dark Lord forgives those who have served him most faithfully in the past, " said Hermione in a magnificent imitation of Bellatrix's most contemptuous manner.
Dr. Abdullah is less emphatic he is watching and waiting to see how fraud complaints change the count and contemptuous of the clear stand taken by his opponent.
She received no other answer, than an artificial, assenting smile, followed by a contemptuous glance, as he turned away, which Anne perfectly knew the meaning of.
It was assumed that one was always solicitous of people's feelings and ready to offer comfort, and contemptuous of those who disrespectfully slighted others.