deride

Example Sentences

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Today many on the right still deride the Carter years but as the decades passed, his humanitarian efforts and simple lifestyle began to shape a new legacy for many Americans.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

To silo or deride the mission of Alanis is to file it away as “female complaint.”

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Fans have collections numbering in the hundreds, while critics deride them as kitsch.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

But to deride it as such is to ignore all the episode delivered in exchange for putting off a climactic confrontation of samurais.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

And with respect to the bodily organs, true philosophy must deride any attempts, to shew that we are not framed exactly in the same manner.

From A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) by Sheridan, Thomas