deride

Example Sentences

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But making them sound like centuries old technology is a way to deride their worth.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

Fans have collections numbering in the hundreds, while critics deride them as kitsch.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

But to deride it as such is to ignore all the episode delivered in exchange for putting off a climactic confrontation of samurais.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Film critics deride the dense dramas and documentaries with overly stiff adherence to the historical record—storytelling that’s more didactic than artful, more concerned with detail than drama.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2023

It is true that he did deride the notion that the decision of the majority is always right.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various