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

It has always been popular, and continues to be popular, to make fun of lawyers, to deride lawyers, to denigrate lawyers, and I get that we deserve a lot of what we get.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Because while a lot of people deride it, a lot of people love it, too.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

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

“I know not of what you speak, old man,” said Fernando, “but in those things which you deride, I, as a soldier, have been accustomed to place my trust.”

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis