Example Sentences

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This West End heckler was ridiculing us for two things, one petty — that we would spend money on tickets to such a show — the other poisonous.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021

Even then, Bardy said, the prime minister was ridiculing the slain journalist’s work.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2018

Of course all the local farmers loved their skittles nights, and they thought I was ridiculing them, so I had my first taste of public furore.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2013

Gus was ridiculing a conversation a fellow therapist and I were having about a 13-year-old she was treating for depression and acute anxiety.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010

At last, so strong did his conviction become, that, although he was ridiculing his fears all the time, he arose and dressed himself, and then started out for the wharf.

From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by Goldfrap, John Henry