derisory
Example Sentences
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Notwithstanding the derisory mood of the 1970s, the sense of loss and of destiny denied would arrive much later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
"All too often, the sentences handed down against the perpetrators of antisemitic offences and crimes seem derisory," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
She also described the offer of compensation to people living near the pylon route was "derisory".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
Tanya Wakeley, a teacher St Cecilia's College in Londonderry, and vice president of the National Education Union in Northern Ireland, said the 5.5% offer was "insulting and derisory".
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
A certain good-humoured brigadier whose Catalan French Aristide found difficult to understand, but with whom he had formed a derisory kind of friendship, urged him to desist from the hopeless task.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec
