Brady thought human beings were contemptible creatures and pleasure the only end worth pursuing.

I never knew a more contemptible creature; he stood in some awe of his handsome wife, who took care to have her own way.

I'm ashamed to think that such a contemptible creature wears feathers!

Who is this contemptible creature?

The sailors were the most "contemptible creatures I had ever beheld," he tells us.

Hence, remedies made of contemptible creatures contained greater medicinal virtues than such 'precious' drugs like theriac (which to Nicholas was just snake meat).

Then what a poor contemptible creature he was!

Bios and chems alike were contemptible creatures in the eyes of the gods, and ultimately those were the only eyes that mattered.

"The thought of challenging both the contemptible creatures had enteredmy mind, only to be dismissed."

What a contemptible creature man could be, he thought.