derisive

Example Sentences

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It was a time when creator Scott Adams wasn’t just a recognizable name but something of an aspirational one, when “the Dilbert guy” was more an affectionate nickname than a derisive shorthand.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

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

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

And with that, he made a snorting, derisive sound, the sort of sound an eight-year-old boy would make on a playground.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers