object of derision
Example Sentences
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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
Joey Buttafuoco quickly became an object of derision — an easy role to fall into when you lack the money and sophistication that so often smooth the rough edges of depravity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
She knows Christmas is an object of derision online but believes much of the scorn is unwarranted.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2020
For the cool, unsentimental sharpness of her vivisections, Cusk is either loathed or loved in England—a frequent object of derision on “Mumsnet.”
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2015
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
