Daily Sentence

Each day the wordsmiths at Dictionary.com select one word to be the Word of the Day. But a word without a sentence is like a wingnut without a bolt—useless. Here, we give these words a proper home, and some dignity. Woof!
Jul 10
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Contemn

Any time I see an ash-ridden chimneysweep or a young gutterbum with a bulging ribs and a poor mouth, I do not contemn him, but rather thank God for creating such base people as they give me, a middling, dishonest disc jockey, a fighting chance of busting through those pearly gates once I pass into His realm.