object of derision
Example Sentences
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So accept he is not picking you out as an object of derision, he’s using you as a canvas on which to express his artistic vision.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2021
Britney Spears has been a media and pop culture object of derision, pity and indifference to her humanity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2021
She knows Christmas is an object of derision online but believes much of the scorn is unwarranted.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2020
He plays it straight, and it’s this inappropriate sincerity that makes him an easy object of derision.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2019
Yet, before he had the misfortune of being Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was neither an object of derision to his enemies, nor of melancholy pity to his friends.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel
