How to Use derision in a Sentence

derision

noun

• 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
• Laughter is the best medicine—for the ones who are doing the laughing—but how about for those who are the objects of derision?
  — Pratiksha Thangam Menon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2023
• 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
• And, then, more derision toward the NFL players’ protest.
  — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 26 Sep. 2017
• 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
• The losses mounted, piled up, heaped upon the players, buried them in derision and loud scorn.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
• 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
• This may be the case if the jury thinks he’s justified in his derision about the proceedings.
  — David E. Clementson, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
• 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
• And the fact that defensive whiz Avery Bradley didn’t earn one of 10 spots, brought derision and disgust.
  — Vince Ellis, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2017
• To watch elite women warriors fold in among special-forces bros without needing help or rescue, or becoming objects of desire, or subjects of derision, or much of anything notable at all besides equals, is borderline radical.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024