Sentence examples for rather than ridiculing from inspiring English sources

Rather than ridiculing Zambia's ambitions, Ms. Middel compares them to the dreams of other nations and peoples.

But she says her legs are more of an asset now that she is older, with people appreciating her height rather than ridiculing it.

Rather than ridiculing Zambia's ambitions, however, Ms. Middel compares them to the dreams of other nations, and shows how photography itself helped fuel the space race.

We need to widen our perception of what success is and rather than ridiculing or shouting down the women who are succeeding - allow them to share what it actually is that has driven them.

To be a nerd is to be passionate about something, and surely we should want everyone to be passionate about their career?" Mr Kingsley, 50, said that as a small boy he had had a "positive obsession" with dinosaurs and that he been lucky that his parents and teachers had encouraged this side of his character rather than ridiculing it.

Leadership is about respecting people who hold different views rather than ridiculing them for not understanding what the problems are.

But maybe this way of thinking should be encouraged rather than ridiculed.

Imagine, though, what the tech landscape might look like if soft hues and girly aesthetics were championed, rather than ridiculed?

And then there was Satoru Iwata, perhaps the only chief executive of a multibillion-dollar company to have a cameo in a video game (2006's WarioWare: Smooth Moves) and to be celebrated for it rather than ridiculed.

It's almost Montessori-ish in its sensitivity and support all of the contestants are referred to by their first names, and their quirks and interests are celebrated rather than ridiculed.

In the golden days of BBC arts programming, he recalls, any arts editor who not only knew but socialised with the big names would have been prized, rather than ridiculed.