object of derision
Example Sentences
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Richard Williams was often maligned for the single-minded way he raised his daughters, but Will plays him empathetically as a stubborn hero, leaning into his doggedness but never making him an object of derision.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
So accept he is not picking you out as an object of derision, he’s using you as a canvas on which to express his artistic vision.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2021
Britney Spears has been a media and pop culture object of derision, pity and indifference to her humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
She knows Christmas is an object of derision online but believes much of the scorn is unwarranted.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2020
Some one seems frequently to ring in my purified ear: "Wisely in time dismiss the aged courser, lest, an object of derision, he miscarry at last, and break his wind."
From The Works of Horace by Horace
