Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, has been openly disdainful of the quartet's participation, and Mr. Bush resisted endorsing the proposal until after the Iraq war.

The majors looked tired and openly disdainful of the appearance of their men.

Animation director Richard Williams admitted he was "openly disdainful of the Disney bureaucracy" and refused to work in Los Angeles.

Though the old leaders of the Likud are openly disdainful of the Prime Minister, their greater fear is bringing Labor back to power.

Like him, they were openly disdainful of the other barons' forces.

The move has been a critical one for Mr. Cooper, who has been openly disdainful of the Maxim ethos.

The next obstacle was the official greeter, a slender black man who advanced upon Eric with an openly disdainful expression.

He is an impresario openly disdainful of the recent penchant for trickery like Rhinemaidens on bungee cords and Valkyries on merry-go-rounds.

From the onset of the mission, she had been openly disdainful of the Warriors, to a point where Horc had found it necessary to reprimand her several times.

Openly disdainful of the "United Planets", he supports a war with Earth over a minor breach in etiquette.