The costliest material of this low world should be utterly Contemned in rivalry with that spiritual Presence revealing Himself out of a wholly different sphere; and in so far as they remembered Him, and the Voice which had thrilled their nature to its core, in so far would they be free from the desire for any carnal and materialised divinity to go before them.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
The Contemned volume skimmed across the table and toppled over at his feet.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
No despair ever touched that stalwart soul, however dark the outlook might appear; for it was her faith that no right or just cause was ever really lost, however for the time it were defeated and Contemned.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond