Sentence examples for slight ridicule from inspiring English sources
"Having many of my ideas banned by various magazines and outdoor agencies for a message they deemed too controversial might have added to the slight ridicule that I've been accused of having in some of my works," Desire Obtain Cherish says.
"All countries have international relations, and they compare their political institutions with one another," he began, "so that if one commits the slightest error, the others ridicule and look down upon it".
Mr. Hickey spoke of their careful planning, while their own lawyers — resorting to slights at times, or outright ridicule — drew a picture of four hapless men who struggled just to get through a day.
Adelson, whose countenance often suggests that he is spoiling for a fight, takes pride in being an outsider, who has suffered rejection and ridicule but has avenged every slight, many times over.
One of us started to ridicule another one of us for his slight Midwestern "twang".
The nagging racial slights and indignities that many African-Americans suffer, and the racial ridicule that Obama is routinely subjected to, is an eternal reminder that race still does matter, and matters a lot to many Americans.
The same facility for ridicule and stony-faced refusal to grant his adversary even the slightest toehold that I found infuriating in print became, on television, the skill and polish of a true virtuoso.
Ridicule as argumentative accelerant.
After one game he ridiculed one of his own players (perhaps Artest, who had some absurd dribbling play ending nowhere) by saying with quiet disdain, 'That was a very interesting play,' with his slight smile.
