Sentence examples for derided from inspiring English sources

Derided as a buffoonish figure of fun for attempting to keep dry while his England team failed to qualify for Euro 2008, McClaren is currently attracting far less media attention for steering Derby County to fourth from 14th in the Championship after a run of just two defeats in 15 matches since he replaced Nigel Clough in September.

They can ignore PMQs, derided by most Britons outside the political bubble, and allow backbench talent to flower.

Toksvig derided the offer of "women's manifestos" at the general election and in particular Labour's "pink bus", which toured Britain with politicians to speak about women's issues.

The current cull of badgers, aimed at cutting TB in cattle but derided by many scientists as ineffective, would be shut down by Labour.

The secrecy around Operation Sovereign Borders has been widely derided – immigration minister Scott Morrison's media strategy not least of all.

Previewing Palin's detailed description of the horrors perpetrated by Isis fighters and other avatars of what the speakers derided the president for not identifying as "radical Islamic terror", Jindal said Obama had "disqualified" himself as the country's leader.

Michael Foot was witheringly derided for his inappropriate dress sense as well as his political stance in 1983.

Stephen Colbert was also derided for a comment he made while accepting the best variety series award for The Colbert Report.

And government payments including family tax benefit, Medicare rebates and private health insurance rebates will be frozen, as will eligibility thresholds for receiving them – instead of rising in line with inflation – an idea Tony Abbott derided as "class warfare" when it was tentatively tried by the former Labor government.

Social media tools have enabled fringe groups once derided for having "more initials than members" to cultivate an image of power and influence.

They stand to reinforce the popularity of the brand, devices and devotion of fans, but those same fans are often derided by the media and the public for being obsessive.