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

His derisive tone and relentless questioning were typical for Alito and not what concerned me.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

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

John Brooke laughed then as he never dared to laugh afterward, and the derisive Scott smiled involuntarily as he heard the hearty peal, which put the finishing stroke to poor Meg’s woe.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott