derisive

Example Sentences

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The title sounds derisive, but the show is anything but.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 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

“It remains as outrageously prankish, juvenile, and derisive as ever,” writes David Denby in the New Yorker magazine’s blog.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

“Fish!” they’d bleat, using the chess player’s derisive term for a really weak player, whenever Bobby made an obvious blunder.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady