derisive

Example Sentences

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The phrase carries a derisive jeer, a suggestion that anyone born into fame and wealth gets to glide through life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Democrats are used to derisive criticism from Trump, of course.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

In addition to regulatory overbreadth, the Supreme Court has signaled that derisive comments are also important evidence of unconstitutional animus.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2025

His father used the derisive German term “der Gauner,” which means crook or swindler.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

And my heart tightened as the first crowd swung imperturbably back to their looting with derisive cries, like sandpipers swinging around to glean the shore after a furious wave's recession.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison