Sample Sentences for
ridicule
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    He has come to borrow money from Troy, and while he knows he will be successful, he is uncertain as to what extent his lifestyle will be held up to scrutiny and ridicule.  (source)
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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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    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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    A daily gauntlet of ridicule, abuse, and isolation.†  (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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    Her face flushed again at the thought of the ridicule.†  (source)
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    After I explained my theory, the scholars and my bosses all ridiculed it.†  (source)
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