derisive

Example Sentences

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The phrase carries a derisive jeer, a suggestion that anyone born into fame and wealth gets to glide through life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

In addition to regulatory overbreadth, the Supreme Court has signaled that derisive comments are also important evidence of unconstitutional animus.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2025

He also appeared to be adopting a new derisive nickname for him.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

“It remains as outrageously prankish, juvenile, and derisive as ever,” writes David Denby in the New Yorker magazine’s blog.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Kate heard a derisive snort, then Jackson’s voice saying, “Hold on, you two.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart