Sentence examples for derisory attempt from inspiring English sources
I have been cleared of a derisory attempt to smear my name and extract money from me.
However, Orient chairman Barry Hearn has said he no longer has any intention of bidding and Altman's comments must be seen as an attempt to increase competition in the new tender process and avoid West Ham making a derisory bid, which would allow them to effectively secure a 99-year lease of the stadium on the cheap.
It "was in truth the sole pleasure, the sole objective of human existence, and all other pleasures — whether associated with rich food, tobacco, alcohol or drugs — were only derisory and desperate compensations, mini-suicides that did not have the courage to speak their name, attempts to speed up the destruction of a body that no longer had access to the one real pleasure".
United made an official bid for the pair totalling £28m which Everton dismissed as "derisory and insulting", having made it clear that neither player is for sale as former manager David Moyes attempts to take them with him to Old Trafford.
Thiago Alcântara joined Bayern Munich ahead of United, while the club made a hash of their attempts to sign Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines, their bid of £28m for the pair being branded "derisory and insulting" by Everton.
The Manchester United manager, David Moyes, is expected to make a renewed attempt to sign Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini after an initial combined bid of £28m was dismissed as "derisory and insulting" by his former club Everton.
Zubia wore a derisory expression.
In Colorado and Minnesota, turnouts were derisory.
She describes the settlement as "derisory".
