Sentence examples for faced ridicule from inspiring English sources

They faced ridicule.

This week, he faced ridicule, as investors heaped scorn on the idea of a merger with DirecTV's parent, Hughes.

Last week, British Gas faced ridicule after it took to Twitter to explain why it was raising its prices by 10%.

Smart has faced ridicule in the press: one of the catcalling culprits refused to see a problem with his actions, and dismissed her as a "silly little girl".

The dancers who have been with the troupe for years say that when the group started in November 1996, they faced ridicule and laughter.

Mensch later admitted her error and faced ridicule by people who mocked up their own versions of search histories attacking Mensch.

They emerge every day, blinking through bottle-top glasses and hitching up tartan trousers, to face ridicule.

A Conservative minister is facing ridicule for suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be pleased if Ed Miliband became prime minister.

In June, he wrote a personal essay about this journey on the Huffington Post, and then, after facing ridicule, he requested that the editors delete it.

The board members said they felt more loyalty to their home county, suddenly thrust into the national spotlight and potentially facing ridicule as a corrupt backwater.

He faces ridicule, and much worse, from fellow soldiers while training at home, and has to fight tooth-and-nail to go to war unarmed.