hold up to ridicule

Example Sentences

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It does fall within the scope of this description to hold up to ridicule opinions, which others esteem holy.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob

Or did he seek to hold up to ridicule all manifestations of human enthusiasm in general, military heroism in particular?

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

Far be it from us to hold up to ridicule the weakness of a friend, but we cannot help adding that Master Frank made the most of his tails.

From Ungava by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I am a believer in cremation, but that is no reason why I should hold up to ridicule the clumsier and more unhealthy churchyard burials about which so much sentiment exists.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

Many of these reviews took occasion to pick out and hold up to ridicule the illogical sentences, the grammatical solecisms, and general imperfections of technique which marked and disfigured the Siege of Corinth.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley