How to Use derision in a Sentence

derision

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  • The team's awful record has made it an object of derision in the league.
  • One of the students laughed in derision at my error.
  • Or its citizens lack proper mental care under a health care system that draws frequent derision abroad.
    — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 15 Feb. 2018
  • White has long been a bit of an outsider among his peers, many of whom view his commercial appeal and embrace of fame with a mix of derision and jealousy.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • That, and the subject matter, led to press coverage largely colored by derision.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The Cleveland Cavaliers, once subject to our derision, are now agents of pathos.
    — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
  • As such, there’s definitely an audience out there for it, and not just one comprised of viewers who will watch it through the lens of bitchy derision, fun though that will be.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Watch The Black Eyed Peas singer's two-and-a-half-minute version was met with derision, chuckles and outright laughter.
    — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Canada and Mexico have greeted these proposals with derision.
    — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
  • But around college basketball, administrators know how fast scandals can become the target of derision from student sections.
    — Michael Marot, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • At the moment, the primary object of media derision is Facebook, which continues to face bruising headlines over its shaky response to the scandal.
    — Isobel Thompson, The Hive, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The changes to the Avengers lineup were met with some derision.
    — Shannon Liao, CNN, 11 June 2019
  • The move also led to plenty of derision across the pond.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Wolff portrays her as the butt of constant jokes and derision from Fox men.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
  • From the Sanders wing, the familiar tides of scorn and derision are flowing apace.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 1 June 2017
  • Even to ask the question a couple of years ago would have been to invite derision.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 5 July 2019
  • Westbrook’s jumper is now the central source of derision among fans.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • There was a time when investors viewed SPAC deals with derision.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 6 Aug. 2020
  • No telling yet if this artwork goes along with that song, which seemed to run on the theme of being the object of derision for many around the world.
    — David Rishty, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The proposal was met with derision by the Blue and White alliance, which claimed that he's pinched its idea.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 13 Sep. 2019
  • But the ’do that provided decades of delight and derision is no more.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The tabloids reported on it with a mix of smug derision and hollow lament.
    — Josie Duffy Rice, The Atlantic, 12 July 2018
  • Bevin’s remarks were met with a mix of support and derision.
    — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • The post was greeted with a volley of derision and dismissal.
    — Josh Morgenthau, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Some corporate moves to mark the royal death have been met with both derision and ridicule.
    — WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Today, the subject of derision is the Jewish state, not the Jewish people.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
  • The $8/month fee has been met with resistance — and derision — from many Twitter users.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The news was treated with its fair share of derision in certain corners.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2019
  • He was woke before the term was coined, earning derision for views that hadn’t passed into the mainstream.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Zadora, scowling with derision, echoed a common theme heard in the streets.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022

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