Sentence examples for derisive way from inspiring English sources

As he summoned his top commander in Afghanistan to explain himself, President Obama said that his general used "poor judgment" in the derisive way he spoke, and let his aides speak, to writer Michael Hastings.

"What pleased me was that at one point, a barbu sitting next to me said it would be great to have a woman like her in the League," Chekkat said of a colleague, using the French word for "bearded" in a jokingly derisive way.

At a minimum, it was a derisive way to describe an unpleasant day in the life of a Philly cop.

Not in a derisive fashion, but it was just something that was remembered.

Each word or phrase on the list has been spoken by the main cast of Girls in a derisive and unironic way.

Calling himself by this derisive nickname is a way of crying out, "like Gandhi", says Mr Zhu, only partly in jest.

And even if there were also plenty of derisive laughs thrown her way, there's reason to believe Minerd's take wasn't pure concern trolling.

The ice bucket challenge was taken as emblematic of "slacktivism," the derisive term for cheap ways to feel good without doing anything meaningful.

It's an obsession often manifested in derisive and self-loathing ways, because gay men often fetishize masculinity to the point that they look down upon and subordinate their feminine peers.

Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive.

The article then quoted derisive comments by Mr. Spencer about the way she looked when she was much younger, including, "I don't know why Bill married her," a reference to former President Bill Clinton.