Sentences with phrase «not open contempt»

Every effort to turn him into a legit action star has been met with stony silence, if not open contempt.

Not exact matches

The opening of the eyes of reasonabilities need to be channeled more effectively and not by banters of disregardings and thrown volumes of contempt.

This soldier refused to spend time in quiet contemplation (like everyone else who is not Christan) thus showing open contempt for all the other soldiers.

As theologian Harvey Cox has noted: «God's message to humanity was not emblazoned across the sky (but) was written in the life and suffering of a man who was willing to open himself to the abuse and contempt of those who rejected him.»

I haven't seen this prequel yet, but I can tell that it's a yabba - dabba - dud just like the first movie because I read in the Denver Rocky Mountain News that the movie opens with an obscene flatulence joke courtesy of a dinosaur, to show only how much contempt the filmmakers have for the audience.

It isn't political but rather misanthropic, a film that begins genially but ends with enough open contempt for each of its three protagonists that Crush seems something of an anti-romantic comedy.

But when that indifference turns to open contempt (as exemplified by Milne and Butler's shameful performance at Hindmarsh) it isn't long before ordinary people become fed - up, grab their pitchforks and revolt.

When that indifference turns to open contempt (as it has), it isn't long before ordinary people become fed - up, grab their pitchforks and revolt.»

It doesn't mean «open to all to comment» because this post, and the replies to it, are a prime example of what happens when you open discussion to a pile of ignorant bozos — you get mess, not knowledge [my apologies to the one ror two people here who do know what they're talking about; I don't include them in my contempt, of course].