Example Sentences

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Oversized stars stretched across stone-washed denim might be quintessentially American, but it was bold and brash in a footballing sense and the squad feared they would be ridiculed.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Her expensive renovation of the dilapidated White House was ridiculed as ostentatious and an inappropriate use of money during wartime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

White House aides ridiculed him in the press as the “Velcro senator.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Afroman, best known for his 2000 hit Because I Got High, responded by using home security footage in viral videos that ridiculed the deputies.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Certain whims that he had ridiculed in Alice were now his own.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers