ridiculing

Example Sentences

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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

To say there even is such a thing reduces a wildly diverse group into a trite narrative that I’ve spent my career trying to debunk, when not ridiculing it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

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

From New York Times • May 26, 2024

Both Daniels and Trump, who is the actual defendant, come out of these exchanges sounding like schoolchildren ridiculing each other.

From Slate • May 10, 2024

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

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie