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 justification drew derision and concern from those who took part in the call.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 July 2024
• As a result, many who dared claim the mantle of feminist were looked at with great suspicion and derision.
  — Michelle Morgan, Los Angeles Magazine, 3 Apr. 2018
• Alexander Nix said his now-defunct firm had become the subject of global derision and was unfairly blamed for putting Trump in office.
  — Fox News, 6 June 2018
• Kroos' comments were the subject of widespread derision on social media, with many football fans quick to point to Ramos' rather spotty disciplinary record.
  — SI.com, 7 June 2018
• Angela Merkel’s softly-softly approach found only Trumpian derision.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• McCain’s unrelenting behavior earned the derision of his superiors but the respect of his classmates.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 3 May 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
• 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
• Now Vance seems to be referring to the same idea, that Mountain Dew is a drink for hillbillies, and thus a source of unwarranted derision.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024