Sentence examples for ridicule with a from inspiring English sources

drew ridicule with a series of Christmas-carol parodies that included "Frosty the Coal Man" and "Clean Coal Night".

WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas tried to neutralize an onslaught of ridicule with a dose of humor on Thursday, appearing on television from morning until night in an urgent attempt to deflect grave concerns about his candidacy and to keep the Republican presidential race from advancing without him.

But he remains capable of following a romance like "The Hairdresser's Husband" with a black comedy like "Tango" (1992), or "Ridicule" with a big-star romp like "One Chance Out of Two" (1998) starring Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo (which was not released in the United States).

Her tale of sniper fire generated considerable ridicule, with Christopher Hitchens (a longstanding critic of Clinton and her husband) concluding that she either "lies without conscience or reflection" or "is subject to fantasies of an illusory past" or both.

Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi (who actually is African, not Middle Eastern) and Iranian President Ahmadinajad (who is actually Persian, not Arabic) are lumped together and ridiculed with an ignorance about their policies and positions that is not just stupid but destructive to American national interests.

verb: ridicule with satire noun: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way The word lampoon has appeared in 195 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 14 in "Impostors Post Up in N.B.A. Finals" by Tony Gervino: The phenomenon of phony Twitter accounts — and yes, it's an actual phenomenon — is nearly as old as social media itself.

The religious aspects of the Joan of Arc story had been abandoned in favour of "anger, bitterness and wild ridicule", combined with "a growling and snorting orchestral sound".

His movies, which run the gamut from sex comedy ("Les Bronzés") to psychodrama ("Monsieur Hire") to costume pageant ("Ridicule"), glow with a suave, adaptable incandescence that often provides more dazzle than illumination.

I will absorb their mild ridicule with all the joy of a seal getting socked in the face with a delicious fish – it's the least I owe those two for 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation.

Should any of these men step into the limelight, they will be ridiculed with many a dig at the way they look.

There was a time when Blackburn invited ridicule with their plans to sign superstars.