Sentence examples for idea was derided from inspiring English sources
First, his idea was derided.
Alfred Wegener, who proposed the idea of continental drift, was derided as a lunatic in his time and remains virtually unknown today.
Just a few years ago, the idea of a $15 minimum wage was derided as impossible.
Fans were asked to submit ideas for a new trophy after the original, which depicted a farm family huddled around a bushel of corn, was derided after its unveiling last summer.
He was derided and denounced.
He was derided by his teammates.
On the contrary, it was derided.
His contract was derided the moment he signed it.
Necrotic tissue of lids was derided and scrubbed with antibacterial soap, and then canthoplasty was performed.
Despite the idea once being derided for creating camels instead of horses, a small but influential group of councils are returning once again – under the powers of the Localism Act – to the system of collective decision making by an appointed group.
Schopenhauer said of an idea that initially may be derided for its simplicity or its ambition: "First, it is ridiculed.
