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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • They were met with derision and sent home, ostracized from the Olympic movement for decades.
    — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Trump’s base has stayed with him in the face of impeachment and widespread media derision.
    — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The constant tone of derision in all their conversations would split them apart faster than a maul splits a log.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 27 May 2021
  • Plans crumbled after leaked video of the likeness was met with derision.
    — Gerrick D. Kennedy, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • As such, the fate of the jobless — the attendant derision or pity is often used as a cautionary tale.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Regardless of this turn of events, Castle does not turn to derision.
    — Brooke Nagler, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2022
  • As the deadline neared, the New York Times ran a short article about the contest which noted, with mild derision, the shallow pool of manuscripts.
    — Hazlitt, 4 May 2022
  • As the 27-year-old high school history teacher notes, Texas isn’t the only school in the state with a hand sign that gets turned upside down in derision.
    — Dallas News, 15 June 2022
  • The Moutza is an ancient custom of derision among my people.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • Marks’ husband, Seth, has become the object of scorn and derision because of his tawdry sense of humor.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022

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