Sentence examples for an act of derision from inspiring English sources
For many a cynical cricket fan, describing someone as a "character" is an act of derision.
They play it slowly, however — so slowly that the "funeral" is as much an act of derision as of mourning.
When the show encourages a laugh, it's as an act of derision in face of the cruel plight of life.
As an actress Ms. Perkins has the ability to make folding a napkin seem like an act of derision, and she remains one of the major reasons to keep watching "Weeds".
And what is revolution if not the ultimate act of derision against the established powers.
The company attributes the spill to an act of God, a claim that stirs derision in this heavily Baptist community.
When Panahi makes a film now, it's an act of political revolt — and, when he films himself making a film, it adds the element of derision, of contempt for the absurd application of absurd laws.
What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?
The first issues hit newsstands with a thud, and then a rustle of derision.
