hold up to ridicule
Example Sentences
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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
Later, when Gratiano says: "O upright judge, O learned judge!" his intention is to taunt and hold up to ridicule; there is a double meaning conveyed, which finds its natural expression in a curved inflection.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
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
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)
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
