| How could I remain impenitent and unsubmissive when for my faults an innocent man stood exposed in contumely to the public gaze? |
| It had patriotically offered its plant and services to the War Office, and had been repulsed with contumely and ignominy. |
| Garrison appealed to the master's heirs for redress, but was repelled with contumely. |
| The language of contumely was exhausted in vain efforts to describe his baseness. |
| For anyone who wishes to learn how the cycle of contumely and pardon — or simple forgetfulness — spins in England, note the consequence. |
| No more should the gallant beast he had bred be seized with contumely in the market-place. |
