"Very pretty, indeed, Sara," approved Miss Minchin. "That is what a real princess does when the populace applauds her. Lavinia"--scathingly-- "the sound you just made was extremely like a snort. If you are jealous of your fellow-pupil, I beg you will express your feelings in some more lady{-}like manner. Now I will leave you to enjoy yourselves."英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
"Perhaps the diamond mines have suddenly appeared again," said Lavinia, scathingly. "Don't please her by staring at her in that way, you silly thing."英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
Then he came back to life and hope. With one bound he sprang to a porthole. "God, what a woman!" he said between his teeth, as hi thrust the rifle forward. It was indeed not a time for inaction. The Indians, realizing they had been tricked and had lost a golden opportunity, rushed at the Fort with renewed energy. They attacked from all sides and with the persistent fury of savages long disappointed in their hopes. They were received with a scathing, deadly fire. roared the cannon, and the detachment of savages dropped their ladders and fled.英文原著 · 《Betty Zane》
This scathing remark caused the Prince to hide his face for shame, and Steve to erect his head in the proud consciousness that this shot was not meant for him. Archie laughed, and Rose, seeing a merry blue eye winking at her from behind two brown hands, gave Charlie's ear a friendly tweak, and extended the olive-branch of peace.英文原著 · 《Eight Cousins》
"If women of America did throw themselves at soldiers it was not owing to the moral lapse of the day. It was woman's instinct to save the race! Always, in every war, women have sacrificed themselves to the future. Not vile, but noble! You insult both soldiers and women, Mr. Morrison. I wonder--did any American girls throw themselves at you?"
Morrison turned a dead white, and his mouth twisted to a distorted checking of speech, disagreeable to see. "No, you were a slacker," went on Carley, with scathing scorn.英文原著 · 《The Call of the Canyon》
To one of them the nomination was clearly due. Seward preferred to wait four years. It was not deemed prudent to nominate Chase. On the first formal ballot John C. Fremont was nominated. For the office of Vice-President Abraham Lincoln received 110 votes, but was fortunately defeated. The platform declared it to be "the right and duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery," condemned in scathing terms the conduct of affairs in Kansas and demanded its immediate admission under the Topeka Constitution. An exciting campaign followed.英文原著 · 《The Life of Stephen A. Douglas》
And when Nora Ginnesse was promoted, you wrote scathing emails to the rest - of your coworkers in response. - No, not scathing.美剧 · 《Suits》