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.
• Tilberis, though, delighted in such attempts at derision—and suffered no fools gladly.
  — Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2017
• But while it's invited some derision, this tendency also has more than a little to do with just how beloved his most beloved films came to be.
  — Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
• And, then, more derision toward the NFL players’ protest.
  — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 26 Sep. 2017
• The term cropped up in dozens of newspaper articles and op-eds over the last three decades, frequently as a subject of derision.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2017
• And not many people are better at brilliant derision than late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• 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
• The photo drew derision on Twitter, and concerns from Chinese about Mr. Zuckerberg’s health.
  — Paul Mozur, Mark Scott and Mike Isaac, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2017
• That black people, who have lived for centuries under such derision and condescension, have not yet been driven into the arms of Trump does not trouble these theoreticians.
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
• Outside Houston, the reactions to the pick ranged from raised eyebrows to outright mockery, giving talk radio hosts and television screamers a new source of derision.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
• The book is likely to reopen old wounds among Democrats, especially in Wisconsin, and draw a fresh round of derision from Republicans.
  — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2017
• 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 losses mounted, piled up, heaped upon the players, buried them in derision and loud scorn.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024