Sample Sentences for
ridicule
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    I knew what it was like to be ridiculed, and I hated it.  (source)
    ridiculed = mocked (made fun of)
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    ...the point is, when you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.  (source)
    ridicule = mocking (to make fun of them)
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    Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others.  (source)
    ridicule = mocking language or behavior (others making fun of you)
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    A daily gauntlet of ridicule, abuse, and isolation.†  (source)
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    The truth was, I was tired of taking on people who ridiculed us for the way we lived.†  (source)
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    The other people in the office laughed along, ridiculing him.†  (source)
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    'Pockets, women's ridicules, houses, mail-coaches, banks!' said Mr. Claypole, rising with the porter.†  (source)
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    Her face flushed again at the thought of the ridicule.†  (source)
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    In a moment of recklessness, I had ridiculed Eros's archery skills.†  (source)
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    Suddenly he blundered into the open, found himself again in that open space—and there was the fathom-wide grin of the skull, no longer ridiculing a deep blue patch of sky but jeering up into a blanket of smoke.†  (source)
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    She forced herself to go out into society in order to cull its ridicules; she taught her eye to observe; she read the masterpieces of her language to discover its effects; she insinuated herself into the company of those who were celebrated for their conversation.†  (source)
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    I thought of how I had used my literacy to ridicule Hassan.†  (source)
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    "I couldn't care less," replied the merchant, who was then ridiculed.†  (source)
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