Sentence examples for derisive manner from inspiring English sources
Eleven other crew members on the same flight from Miami were refused entry to Brazil and detained after the police said that they had refused to be fingerprinted and behaved in a "derisive" manner.
Jacques Lemaire clapped in a derisive manner at Referee Kerry Fraser as the Devils' coach was the last of his team to leave the ice today following New Jersey's loss in overtime to the Florida Panthers.
7. On the other hand, a situation could arise where partisan foes of the Comedy Central hosts laugh at them in a derisive manner unrelated to the timing of their on-stage jokes.
The uncomfortable exchange between Eva in her towel and Alfred in his checked blue boxers might seem Feydeau-style farcical were it not for her casually derisive manner as she quizzes the man about his career as a professor of literature ("Sounds boring") and belittles his looks ("I thought you'd be taller").
Not in a derisive fashion, but it was just something that was remembered.
Sometimes Steve Spurrier tosses the visor like a Frisbee, and his assured, impetuous manner has earned him the derisive nickname of Steve Superior.
Being mindful of diplomatic good manners, the American reporters did not break out in a derisive guffaw.
She made a derisive sound.
Derisive iconoclast, preacher and jester.
Other breeders are derisive.
