Sentence examples for targets of derision from inspiring English sources

Republicans and Democrats alike were targets of derision.

I've seen strong, intelligent women stalked online because they were women and their proximity to the things the lads loved was enough to make them targets of derision and anger.

Modern criticism is almost universal in its harsh negativity toward the game and the animated cutscenes have become particular targets of derision.

It has made Davis's team a target of derision and praise.

The source of pride had become a target of derision, and this hurt badly.

His sunny comments about progress in Iraq had made him a target of derision.

The idea that voters could ever be overruled has made Mr. Wiener a target of derision, even in his own liberal corner.

The shaggy and the achingly earnest are well represented at RootsCamp, which makes it an easy target of derision from the right.

It takes a certain level of callous disregard to respond to human suffering in such a manner, but the real target of derision is most often People Like Me.

Other songs are more bromidic, displaying the earnestness that has sometimes made Browne the target of derision — most recently on Randy Newman's new album "Harps and Angels," where Newman imagines Browne as a kind of Secretary of Humanity.

But even if Timpone makes for a rather satisfying target of derision, a lot of the outrage over Journatic's current role should remain with the newspapers executives that handed over the keys of their local news operations to this shady company.