Sentence examples for much derision in from inspiring English sources

Cue much derision in the press.

Impressive as it may be, Eclipse's size was the subject of much derision in the local media.

The former England striker Emile Heskey has been the subject of much derision in his home country since the announcement of plans for 'Heskeycam'.

His comments that a Labor victory in the election of 1983 would lead to "reds under the beds" of the nation provoked much derision in the Badham household, with lifted bedspreads aplently.

It was only in the past five years that Chinese banks were able to rid themselves of vast amounts of bad loans, and the process did not involve internal risk controls, but rather risk transfer of the sort now practised to much derision in the West: sticking the government with losses.These varying visions are not just hypothetical; they have practical consequences.

In 1954 he broke the story (to much derision, not least in the Express's own fuggy offices) that scientists had linked smoking with lung cancer.The wolf of Fleet Street But paranoia is an occupational hazard in espionage, and Mr Pincher was not immune.

Indeed, a few bearers of impeccable conservative credentials — Dorothy Rabinowitz, of the Wall Street Journal, and Jennifer Rubin, of the Washington Post, stand out — have been truly exceptional, against much derision from their own side, in refusing to compromise their knowledge of reality in the service of the tribal reflexes of party.

The first forecasts attracted so much derision that FitzRoy "locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat with a razor".

After the Champions League final on May 21 in Moscow, if Chelsea defeats Manchester United, perhaps it will be current Blues boss Avram Grant, the target of much derision this season, who will be in demand and not his supremely self-confident predecessor.

Still, while Heskey had been the subject of much derision for his lack of goals in England, he quickly became Newcastle's greatest asset, scoring four goals in the opening four games.

Launched in November 2013 to much derision, Shots has surprised the world with its success.