Sentence examples for a target of derision from inspiring English sources

The source of pride had become a target of derision, and this hurt badly.

It has made Davis's team a target of derision and praise.

His sunny comments about progress in Iraq had made him a target of derision.

The idea that voters could ever be overruled has made Mr. Wiener a target of derision, even in his own liberal corner.

This achievement of American leadership (including our funding of the U.N). has been a target of derision and hindrance by the GOP's right wing -- which now dominates the party -- from the 1940s.

Dunstan was markedly different from the general membership of the Labor Party of the time; upon applying for membership at Trades Hall, a Labor veteran supposedly muttered "how could that long-haired prick be a Labor man?" His peculiarities, such as his upper-class accent, were a target of derision by the working-class Labor old guard throughout his early political involvement.

TAA, which offers financial aid and job training to American workers who lose their jobs due to foreign competition, has long been a target of Republican derision, and served as a flashpoint for legislative drama earlier this month.

In Broward County, the top election official, Brenda Snipes, is a convenient target of derision and conspiracy-mongering. Snipes is a Democrat (though one originally appointed by Jeb Bush) and has a less-than-inspiring record in office.

In the New Testament, "tax collectors" were a particular target of derision, but that reflected not just some general disdain for paying taxes but the fact that in Roman times, tax collection was outsourced in many cases to "tax farmers" who collected the maximum amount they could, while keeping any excess beyond the official levy for themselves as profit. .

The shaggy and the achingly earnest are well represented at RootsCamp, which makes it an easy target of derision from the right.

But even if Timpone makes for a rather satisfying target of derision, a lot of the outrage over Journatic's current role should remain with the newspapers executives that handed over the keys of their local news operations to this shady company.