ridicules

Example Sentences

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The premise is simple — Scorsese, perfectionist filmmaker, mercilessly ridicules the photos he took of his nephew’s birthday party — but it’s his deadpan performance that really sells the joke.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

When Harris doubts or ridicules his stature, his wealth, the size of his crowds, or whatever, he feels compelled to fight back and restore his eminent centrality at once.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2024

It adds that taking disciplinary action against women for a menopause related-absence could amount to discrimination, and that language that ridicules someone's symptoms could constitute harassment.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024

She ridicules his choice of music — we’ll come back to that — and pleads with him to consider exploring older, more canonical figures.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

However, the medical community ridicules him for the effort, and he’s never able to repeat his success.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti