Sentences with word «derisive»

Other derisive terms used by Howe's detractors include: «unwarranted,» «illegal,» «highhanded,» and «tyrannical.»

«Statements by a judge implying that a litigant is an «idiot» or «stupid» and the rendering of other derisive comments about persons who are before the judge is not conduct that engenders respect for the judiciary or provides confidence in the impartiality of the justice system.

They left at the end snorting with derisive laughter and gesturing wildly to each other.

Whipping one out in public might elicit derisive snorts from techno - enthusiasts, but the average Joe is more inclined to say, «Ooh, can I see?»

It took an effort to start a bitcoin address for donations and discuss the issue with authorities (in the US, the Federal Elections Commission finally decided to treat bitcoins as «in - kind contributions»)-- and in some cases, the total sum of contributions could be as derisive as 0.13 BTC.

In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.

3) Mothers» emotional communication was related to the degree to which children displayed positive affect with peers: Mothers who were low in derisive humor, criticality and intrusiveness had children whose peer interaction tended to have higher levels of laughter and joy than mothers who were higher in these negative parenting behaviors.

1) Children who remained at a low level of engagement (monologue) with a best friend had fathers who used derisive humor more, were low in engagement, and used more commands than fathers of children who were less likely to use monologue during play.

I'm guessing many of you, when trying to improve things at your own child's school, have come up against this same derisive attitude: that cleaning up campus junk food is a «buzzkill» imposed by meddling «food police.»

And it may hinge on Rangel's own derisive remarks about an opponent's ethnicity.

Hong Kong action choreographer Philip Kwok did a bang - up job staging the fights, whether they employ fists or swords; and the best derisive laughs when Mani tosses his long locks (more than once!)

Multiple attendees at the hearing also made derisive comments about the Piano District in response to a billboard that recently went up by the Third Avenue Bridge proclaiming that luxury waterfront living is on its way to the South Bronx.

\ At publishing events as recently as only a handful of years ago, the mood was often derisive towards ebooks, digital publishing, self - publishing, and anything else that challenged the status quo.

However, this isn't just a dumb action vehicle, as there are many political and environmental subtexts underneath the surface, as well as more derisive fears of the US military presence in certain parts of the world, who appear to be callous to the needs and concerns of peoples in other nations.

The PDP mocked him in the most derisive contempt as «customer daada ni».

5) I'm so happy we can even have this conversation without bursting into derisive laughter and looking at the draft picks we might procure with another terrible season.

FrightFest has seen several attempts by Italian directors to revive their nation's giallo subgenre, but the broad pastiche of Dario Argento's Giallo and Federico Zampaglione's Tulpa merely elicited derisive guffaws from audiences knowing enough to see the turkeys beneath all the crystal plumage.

Cur was not derisive of the dog.

Dave Muscato, public relations director for American Atheists, was also derisive about the trial.

A little derisive condescension and pomposity?

In The Nation this week, she engaged in a long and fascinating dialogue on the film with Mark Hertsgaard, a journalist echoing Kennedy's derisive view.

On one side are the Mean Girl reviewers (sadly, most seem to be female) who make sport of posting derisive reviews, some going so far as to slam the author's character and integrity.

Writing for BuzzFeed, NY1's Josh Robin suggests Rangel may very well lose this race due to his «own derisive remarks about an opponent's ethnicity.»

It's a Hollywood story, which Coogler gets: He even gives his protagonist — the illegitimate son of ex-heavyweight champion Apollo Creed — the initially derisive nickname «Hollywood.»

Mitsubishi doesn't current hold a high reputation among automotive journalists, and my colleagues made a few derisive comments as I began this test.

Since one of the oft - repeated derisive phrases about the CrossCab is, «It looks like a concept car that should've stayed a concept,» and one of the most hoary plaudits given the Evoque is that it resembles a concept car made production - car flesh, it stands to reason that Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern might consider an Evoque décapotable to be a potentially desirable line extension if he felt that he could nail the execution.

In Bloodborne, a game fixated on knowledge and madness, the language is allusive and faintly derisive.

GD: Resnick called figuration, «beating a dead horse,» and he was openly derisive about it.

Few posts I have written have attracted so many derisive comments as my original coverage, fortunately now deleted when we switched to Discus, but I still think it is TreeHugger material because if you are living in small spaces or working in crowded environments, sometimes you need a little extra help to have a nap.

In view of the many derisive responses to the various issues I've raised, I'd like to make a few points of clarification.

The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of skeptics, and casual comments — in some cases derisive — about specific people known for their skeptical views.

In our persistent jousting, he was persistently dismissive and derisive toward «natural law» — while I'd point out that he kept offering handsome examples of how a jurisprudence of natural law could be done.

She wants desperately to be her own woman, but struggles with having to break out from a gossipy Latino culture where the women weren't allowed to be too proud of oneself without derisive comments from the others around her.

There's almost not a week that goes by in which you don't have something derisive to say about Joe Romm, often times in concert with Roger Pielke Jr..

Although less derisive, spray painting may still be perceived as an act of defiance — renouncing the picture plane that contemporary practice had rigorously conformed to.

Lang has avoided derisive labels, although she does have fans who are clearly not interested in quarterly earnings.

To the fear - mongers: I'm so sorry your apocalypse was staved off another twelve months, better luck in 2013, [derisive expletive deleted].»

it's fine with me that you and your ilk are the source of so much derisive comedy directed at the usa for other countries across the globe.

The moment your religious beliefs turn derisive towards others who just want to live life in peace and happiness, that's the exact moment your beliefs become meaningless.

I believe facepalm is talking about Jefferson, who was out and out derisive of most all Churches and claimed that while the moral code proposed by Jesus was one of impecible nature that should be considered by all, the miraculous and supernatural aspects of all religions were absurd adn should be completely ignored.