hold up to ridicule

Example Sentences

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Far be it from us to hold up to ridicule the weakness of a friend, but we cannot help adding that Master Frank made the most of his tails.

From Ungava by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I am a believer in cremation, but that is no reason why I should hold up to ridicule the clumsier and more unhealthy churchyard burials about which so much sentiment exists.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

Neither does Dryden neglect to hold up to ridicule the slips in Latin and English grammar, which marked the offensive Preface to the "Duke of Lerma."

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George

It does fall within the scope of this description to hold up to ridicule opinions, which others esteem holy.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob

Or did he seek to hold up to ridicule all manifestations of human enthusiasm in general, military heroism in particular?

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich