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
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
Back in Birmingham, there was relief among liberals that, after decades in the wilderness with their state often seen as a byword for backwardness and object of derision, Alabama suddenly had something to shout about.
From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2017
At first she smiled sympathetically; then suddenly, with a thrill of mortification, she perceived that she was the object of derision.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
