Sentence examples for intense ridicule from inspiring English sources

Sixty-eight women and 32 men, including abolitionist Frederick Douglass, signed the Declaration of Sentiments, although many eventually withdrew their names because of the intense ridicule and criticism they received after the document was made public.

Although it was she who bore the brunt of intense ridicule when the photo was shared online, the girl who posted it also put herself in legal jeopardy.

"Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?" is mainly about how Jimmy Pop was constantly picked on in high school and has since developed extreme katagelophobia, an intense fear of being ridiculed.

If the maelstrom of ridicule seems particularly intense this year, it might be because Weibo users — whose numbers recently surpassed 300 million — realize the days of unfettered, anonymous criticism may be drawing to a close.

After intense speculation, investigation and relentless ridicule of Jewell as the "UnaBubba," the focus eventually switched to a racist anti-government serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, who now is serving a life sentence in federal prison.

Their world is now filled with not only the usual nerve-shredding stresses of growing up, but is infinitely more fragile and precarious due to high tech camera-cellphones all around them, capable of broadcasting even their slightest social stumble into a community-wide moment of public scrutiny, potentially exposing them to a campaign of intense teasing or confidence-shattering ridicule.

Their desire to secure the border and their intense patriotism are too often ridiculed or worshiped.

The ridicule of the government of South Africa became so intense and persistent, nobody took them seriously.

The fight had an intense dignity, unblemished by any attempt on Ali's part to con or ridicule his opponent.

"Many of the endearing qualities of Mr Baker's earlier narrator - his intense inward focus, his philosophical dilettantism, his willingness to expose himself to our ridicule, his physical awkwardness - have become irritating characteristics".

The degree of self-censorship became so intense that the mainstream Turkish media itself became the subject of demonstration and open ridicule.