object of derision
Example Sentences
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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
Mr. Latimer himself became the object of derision, with revelations about unpaid parking tickets that led to the loss of his car registration.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017
Some one seems frequently to ring in my purified ear: "Wisely in time dismiss the aged courser, lest, an object of derision, he miscarry at last, and break his wind."
From The Works of Horace by Horace
