The movie found itself on the wrong end of more critical derision than any decent film in quite some time. From LearnThat.org.
"In short, the derision is likely aimed at people". From Wordnik.com. [Smug Ugly - Anil Dash] Reference
The defeated party, in derision, named the Sebennyte or. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I do not expect anything but derision from the extreme right. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » McClellan: Media Should “Publicly Apologize” For Reporting On Mobile Weapons Lab Story] Reference
To Kristine Shreve: Were you laughing in derision or agreement?. From Wordnik.com. [Why Everyone Hates Gun Writers] Reference
Perhaps they don't grasp the meanings of the terms derision and disrespect. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
And the notion that derision is a tool of logic or 'expository' illumination. From Wordnik.com. [Does Science Fiction, in Fact, Suck?] Reference
Because, in derision, they would seem to put a value upon it, as royal clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
The audience laughed as if he was making a joke (not in derision as the TV anchors reported). From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 9/26/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
The name Quaker was given to them by their enemies in derision because they "trembled before the Lord.". From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
When Job was on the dunghill, he was had in derision of those that were the children of base men, Job xxx. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Before overtime, fans chanted O'Byrne's name in derision as the Canadiens filed off the bench toward the dressing room. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
It was fastened on her in derision, and when she heard it she set her lips and thought: "What they speak in mockery shall be the truth.". From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
It was fastened on her in derision, and when she heard it she set her lips and thought: 'What they speak in mockery shall be the truth.'. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
Rowdy braves and small boys hoot and yell in derision. From Wordnik.com. [American Indian Stories] Reference
Note, Atheists and persecutors are worthy to be laughed at and had in derision. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Snarky derision is how almost every American responds to anything they don’t like. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Steve Austria (R-OH) Doesn’t Know When the Depression Happened] Reference
I think scorn, derision, is what he merits. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » As Obama Nominees Languish, Committee Schedules Vote On Right-Wing McConnell Nominee] Reference
I'm no Obamanaut, but your derision is misplaced. From Wordnik.com. [Bolden and Garver: Smooth Sailing - NASA Watch] Reference
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Thus he was continually: I was in derision daily. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The girl opened her eyes in wonder and a kind of derision, for she did not belong to the aristocratic creed. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of Clemenceau] Reference
The Cken councillors whistled in derision. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
The PB&J president provokes a range of reactions: laughter, derision, concern. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: The Pb&Amp;J Presidency] Reference
Before the match, when I told Kasparov about this claim, he responded with withering derision. From Wordnik.com. [Garry Sings The Blues] Reference
Within his own family, Bobby Kennedy was described, with some derision, as his mother's "pet.". From Wordnik.com. [The 'Runt' Of The Family] Reference
Let's be truthful: "Ethnic conflict" has become a term of dismissal bordering on derision and contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Back On Fatalism] Reference
I was and always would be the object of sport, derision, antipathy and hostility so long as I stayed in my body. From Wordnik.com. [Discrimination At Large] Reference
He greeted the tourists with a smile and tolerated their derision because he knew tourism brings dollars and jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Who's A Hillbilly?] Reference
Even Brown's mild image makeover — smiling more, doing an "American Idol" charity event — has met with derision at home. From Wordnik.com. [Media Matters: Why Britain’s P.M. Is Popular Abroad But Hated At Home] Reference
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