Sentences with phrase «derision for»

The only reason derision for it has risen recently is due to bitterness among the hardcore fans that Online is getting all the attention.

Still an object of derision for the political right, Mr. Gore has seen support for his views rising within the business community: Investment in renewable energy sources like wind and solar is skyrocketing as their costs plummet.

Derision for this work is summarized in the comment that Social Science proves scientifically what everybody already knew.

They are two of the most revered American pop artists of the 20th century, but Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol were a source of derision for Francis Bacon, according to previously unheard recordings released to the Guardian.

Pompier (used either as a noun or an adjective) became an avant - garde term of derision for the slick tricks of painters who were the popular hits in the nineteenth century's enormous public exhibitions.

Only Honda's touchscreen system received near universal derision for eliminating all physical radio buttons.

Where is your scorn and derision for them?

While it's attracted its fair share of derision for having any fewer than eight cylinders (the 2005 - ’06 Ford GT, like the classic GT40, called upon a V8 for power), a version of the same engine powers the lauded 2017 + Ford F - 150 Raptor, to great effect.

Slowly but surely, the Porsche 924 — once a car of derision for many Porsche enthusiasts — is becoming appreciated for what it's been all along: an accessible, entertaining way into the world of Porsche ownership.

After being the subject of fans» derision for months and critics» barbs for hours, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun - Li finally hit movie theaters last Friday.

For those seeking meaning, Roth's derision for slacktivism, along with his delight in dismemberment, are the movie's driving forces.

On the other side of the coin, Jan De Bont's Haunting will likley always be an object of derision for most people who care about movies.

Q: Internet dating sites used to be sources for jokes and even derision for people who used them.

Scientists who have been engaged in a decades - long hunt for these cells — and have endured derision for working in a field tarnished by dubious research — say they feel vindicated.

But the LLC loophole — long a source of derision for critics of the state's campaign laws — was not addressed.

In some conversations with fans I've heard a surprising amount of derision for this move.

Classless acts of derision for our greatest ever manager.

Can't discuss the merits of the article or the ideas, just expressing their mutual hatred for each other and their derision for each other's world views.

The narrow Blaine Amendments bar state money for any sectarian institution — «sectarian» being an old theologically - liberal term of derision for the Catholic Church and, more generally, for a church that acts on its own.

His words can apply to any number of instances today where Canada faces derision for pursuing destructive pathways for short term economic gain.

Not exact matches

A company that accidentally leaks its top hires may earn a little derision, but one that then gags those hires for weeks and keeps its workforce in the dark about them gets more.

I find the unremitting hostility and animus of atheists like «Derp» baffling; for all the seemingly wonderful life he is enjoying, he seems compelled to get on this site and spew derision, mockery, and hatred against others.I simply do not, can not grasp that mindset; to claim to actually derive pleasure from in effect being a bully - again, that say a whole lot about his true character.So... Peace & Love to all!!

Ridicule and derision along with sympathy for the wronged or «martyred» is a most powerful weapon against these bigoted christians.

These and scores of similar stories ought to make us cringe at the ease with which Bible - based diet books (and the writers of them) are fodder for highbrow derision, as when B. Laurence Moore in Selling God cattily dismisses them as «merchandise in questionable taste» and lumps them indifferently with «love - making manuals» and «the Christian equivalent of Harlequin romances.»

Is that a cause for derision or a reason for congratulation?

The Word of Yahweh has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.

I hadn't spent much time thinking about what it's like for gay kids to overhear their parents talking about gay neighbors with derision and fear, for example, or how narratives about judgment and hell can be processed by kids in some pretty destructive ways.

And for the record I was raised on a steady diet of how «mainstream» (said with derision) Christianity was a harlot, so it's hard to feel to much sympathy for them.

The continued string of derision of me as a Catholic or of Catholics in general doesn't advance an argument for your side.

The combative midfield was often the target of derision from opposition fans for his reckless tackling and ability to wind - up opponents.

I've been coming back to PoD for like 2 weeks now with any regularity and every day I see 1 person consistently beating everyone over the head with his ego and slinging insults with overall derision all wrapped mostly in non-football football.

Allen has not always managed to hold down a first team place during his time at Anfield, and has often appeared as a target for hate and derision amongst his own fans, but has silenced his critics somewhat recently with a series of strong performances.

And that is why the report in The Mirror today about the Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho making an audacious bid for Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain can be viewed with amusement and even derision by Arsenal fans.

But you're paid handsomely for the derision.

He had come in for a lot of derision the last couple of years from the Garden crowds, but this season the booing has pretty much stopped.

If you gonna take this attitude I've Better off supporting another team which I'll never do but putting it this way if you are so bitter about management of arsenal it's not arsene who bought the club, what of Tottenham who as yet to sign a player they came second and we were second two seasons ago yet arsene and the management got some abuse and derision from some of our fans, this has to stop ✋ people or we drive some better players signing for us because it's not only the money for a few of the better player's out there

It seems that Blackburn sites are meeting the suggestion with some derision — pointing to the fees quoted for Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill and suggesting that their man is just as good.

For fans, the change in fortunes of the favourite whipping boy has left them somewhat bemused, where they have had to change their tune from one of derision to one of admiration.

There were howls of derision from the Kop when Can and Klavan went for the same ball and needlessly conceded a corner.

Headliners Papy Djilobodji has been something between a figure of derision and an encapsulation of everything wrong with Chelsea's transfer policy since joining last summer but he has played pretty well for Werder Bremen in...

The film has also provided powerful fodder for comic derision.

For example, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed he could get by on # 53 a week and met with such derision that a petition calling on him to prove it attracted hundreds of thousands of signatories within a couple of days.

Her words were greeted with derision bordering on fury, not least by senior Conservative MPs who told her she must be more contrite and express sympathy for colleagues who had lost their seats.

Domino's #gamechanger campaign was met with derision (the game changer was a square base), whilst McDonald's #McDStories became an opportunity for people to share their worst, rather than best happy meal memories.

A leaked list from the former prime minister nominating dozens of political allies, aides and donors for honours has drawn derision from opposition parties.

But supporters of these things should be ashamed of themselves for treating a person who has done so much for causes dear to them with such lazy derision.

Gove also raised eyebrows — and prompted incredulity and derision from allies of Boris Johnson — when he said was not ambitious and claimed that he did everything he could to avoid having to stand for leader.

The decision prompted derision from some quarters, with the Tory MP for Aberconwy Guto Bebb asking whether the party should care about Tim's departure.

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And by the way, for once all this commenter derision is warranted.