ridicule

She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Indeed, “Apartment House” got the lion’s share of bicentennial attention and ridicule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Sam says the BBC took care to prepare him for the scrutiny and ridicule that can come with taking part.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

And in its high and mighty position, it became an object of ridicule.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

I wanted to ridicule him for using chatspeak IRL, but I found myself lacking the energy.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

A majority of consumers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent are not willing to shrug off media and advertising that ridicules or mishandles their culture.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Libii’s story underlines the self-negation involved in the trope of the title and ridicules the expectations and constraints forced upon Black people in myriad ways.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

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

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Arday’s friend and former colleague, told the BBC on Saturday that he saw Arday’s mental health worsen as he was ridiculed in the press.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Dundon’s move was widely criticized — and ridiculed — after the Hurricanes on Thursday posted a picture of the engravings on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

As to those analogues: Jackson ridiculed Alito’s refusal to acknowledge that they show how “states routinely required affirmative consent for armed carry onto private property” at the founding.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

"It shows once again that when victims and survivors seek help, or support, or accountability, they are silenced, or ridiculed, or attacked," she added.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was one thing to be ridiculed by my classmates, another to be pitied by a teacher.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Calling on allies to “step up” after ridiculing them was “ham-handed,” Radd said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

"For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

At a demonstration outside the Parliament building in the Bulgarian capital, a giant screen looped videos and memes ridiculing politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Raising his phone to capture the confrontation on video, the senator began ridiculing her.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2024

I did not hear the whispers of “backyard snob” or the ridiculing laughter.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie