Sentence examples for encountered derision from inspiring English sources
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, an 80-year-old former economist, encountered derision when he described the "emotions and energies this incident has generated" as "perfectly understandable reactions from a young India and an India that genuinely desires change".
Those who argue for women's rights can often encounter derision, discrimination and bullying from family and peers.
And for now, the Republicans' absurd claim that their $1.5 trillion corporate tax cut last year had nothing to do with this has encountered considerable derision.
Both were ordinary astronomers who happened upon the alien question and never let go, regardless of the indifference, derision and outright hostility they encountered.
Instead you encounter apathy, resistance, and derision.
Yet the reaction Mr. Aguado first encountered when people learned he was promoting Bronx artists was puzzlement, if not derision.
Our surprise and gratitude when we encounter it are sometimes tinged with derision.
So far from confirming his uttermost hopes and expectations, Blaine's encounter with the British public appears to have been his first ever encounter with sustained derision.
For all the zeal and goodwill they display, Molly, Bertie and Toby seem only to excite derision, suspicion and mistrust in the people they encounter.
Encountering the anti-war or student politics of the late 60s also opened our eyes to its blatant machismo, with women's voices frequently ignored, if not greeted with aggressive derision.
