hold up to ridicule
Example Sentences
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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
"Who's Blackie!" said the boy, repeating the question, as if to hold up to ridicule the absurd ignorance which it implied.
From Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life by Rae, Mrs. Milne
Far be it from me to hold up to ridicule any body of earnest and honest men, to whatever party they may belong.
From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
Many of these reviews took occasion to pick out and hold up to ridicule the illogical sentences, the grammatical solecisms, and general imperfections of technique which marked and disfigured the Siege of Corinth.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
I can quite understand, even at this day, the making of a book which should hold up to ridicule the whole of a nation on account of these differences.
From As We Are and As We May Be by Besant, Walter, Sir
