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Six example sentences with derision, each labelled with its topic.
The trailer met open derision online, with viewers posting frame-by-frame jokes about the cardboard spaceship for a solid week.
Movies
Her first collection drew derision from the older critics, who read the loose meter aloud in mocking tones at dinners.
Literature
The proposal was met with derision in the chamber, and even sympathetic members struggled to keep straight faces.
Politics
The airball drew derision from the student section, who chanted the shooter's name for the rest of the half.
Basketball
Wegener's drifting continents met derision at conferences, and it took fifty years for the laughter to stop.
Science
The first pitch for a rentable scooter company drew derision from investors who later begged to join the next round.
Startups
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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