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
He had dreaded lest, her task beyond her strength, she should quail and break down, object of derision to samurai; but no--the struggle was past--the blood of the Daimios of Nara asserted itself.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
