Sentence examples for derisive voice from inspiring English sources

He quoted Philip Larkin on Dylan: a "cawing, derisive voice".

As his personal and professional life unravels, Riggan is haunted by the derisive voice of Birdman, his alter ego, telling him to forget this art nonsense and return to making commercial movies for the masses.

The English poet Philip Larkin, reviewing the album for The Daily Telegraph, wrote that he found himself "well rewarded" by the record: "Dylan's cawing, derisive voice is probably well suited to his material ... and his guitar adapts itself to rock ('Highway 61') and ballad ('Queen Jane').

Moments of drama were immediately undercut by small, mildly derisive voices coming out of the side of her mouth.

Hitchens said the actor who voiced his column had offered up an "extreme mocking and derisive parody" of his voice which made him sound foolish.

"Don't worry about the chef," she said, her voice merrily derisive.

Not happy with the corporation's initial response, Hitchens later complained to the BBC's editorial complaints unit and ultimately to the BBC Trust on a number of issues including the "extreme mocking and derisive parody" of his voice.

Since Election Night, as the arrow of electoral favor wandered from Hillary Clinton to Trump and stayed there, Americans have been counselled and admonished, by voices sincere and mocking, earnest and derisive, that despite losing the popular ballot by three million votes, despite every extenuating and unnerving circumstance, "Donald Trump is our President now".

Jeb Bush, whose campaign has been seriously flagging in recent weeks as he struggled to find his voice, came out guns blazing in a derisive take-down of the Trump position.

So it's time for us to challenge the incorrect beliefs that boys won't go see movies that feature girls (Geena Davis's Institute on Gender in Media has a lot to say on this!) And it's time for those of us in and out of this industry to speak up and ensure that women's voices aren't just relegated to the horribly derisive stereotype of being called "Chick Flicks".

I'm Catholic" — could have been milked for derisive laughs, especially given the blaring trombone of Ms. Turner's imperious voice.