object of derision
Example Sentences
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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
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
All this the lady accomplished much to her satisfaction and to that of her friends; and so blind and deaf is self-love, our hero neither heard nor saw that he was the object of derision.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Edgeworth, Maria
