Sentence examples for were widely derided from inspiring English sources

Congress acted soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, when the people then working as screeners were widely derided as incompetent.

His subsequent explanations for what he termed this "indefensible" failure to get professional emergency assistance were widely derided.

Those original auteurists weren't solely obsessed with American filmmakers; they championed the work of such directors as Roberto Rossellini, Max Ophüls, and Jean Renoir at a time when their films were widely derided.

To arrange a third meeting with the Packers, the Bears had to dispense with the Seahawks, who as the first division winner with a losing record (7-9) widelyideridedrided until they beat the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in a wild-card game.

Gordon Brown's Labour were widely derided after a series of mishaps including the "election that never was", and the loss of the personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients.

His claims were widely derided by Shakespearean scholars.

The report was widely derided.

Instead, it is widely derided.

Now the deal is off and Rupert Murdoch is widely derided.

In the end, the measure was widely derided by liberals.

It was widely derided as mealymouthed, ignoble, or simply false.