Sentence examples for social derision from inspiring English sources
"Clients, on the other hand, are often viewed as simply men with a problem, often pitied more than made the objects of social derision and scorn".
Infertile individuals endure severe stigma and social derision in silence.
The announcement was met with derision on social media networks like Twitter.
His initial appearance in the advertisements drew derision on social media and his apology earned the same treatment.
The document left the ECB with a familiar exercise of damage limitation, having been greeted with derision on social media.
But the decision to use fictitious farm names at a time when Tesco claims to be supporting British farming attracted derision on social media.
Brazilian football great Pele has called on thousands of protestors demonstrating over poor quality public services and corruption to leave the streets and focus on football, an appeal that was quickly met with derision on social media.
The governor is a Roman Catholic who supports abortion rights, and her vetoes of anti-abortion measures have drawn derision from social conservatives, including a request by the archbishop of Kansas City that she not take communion.
The monotone punditry on England's opening World Cup match against Italy – which prompted 445 complaints – led to widespread derision on social media and beyond, later described by Neville himself as "pretty brutal".
To fill you in: four years ago, Charlie Brooker's dystopian TV series Black Mirror began with an episode called the National Anthem, in which the prime minister of Britain – to hoots of derision on social media – is required to have sex with a pig on television in order to ransom a kidnapped princess.
There has been outrage at the mayor of the city's comments suggesting women should "stick together in groups, don't get split up, even if you're in a party mood" to avoid attacks – resulting in derision on social media with the hashtag #einarmlaenge (an arm's length) – and widespread criticism of the police.
