How to Use "despise" with Example Sentences

1. But that is a silly reason to despise proust .
2. Eg. you must not despise a man because he is poor .
3. How could I despise you ?
4. We despise geeks - but we are also intimidated by them , and they retain a powerful influence on our thinking .
5. Even so , the country 's educated elite-the kind of people who work for and talk to the media-came to despise the corruption and police-state tactics that syrian meddling has encouraged .