Sentences with phrase «earned derision»

When the E60 5 - series debuted for 2004, it earned derision from some for its styling and its iDrive technology, but it still excelled as a driver's car.
It's earned him the derision of his peers, led by Alvin (Christopher Mintz - Plasse), the contempt of his cheerleader sister (Anna Kendrik), and the consternation of his parents (Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin).
Another question that earns derision is, «What is your greatest weakness?»

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.
But have we unwittingly earned their affectionate derision?
The book that followed, Portrait of a Killer (2002), identified British painter Walter Sickert as the culprit — and earned Cornwell widespread derision among so - called Ripperologists.
This earns him some verbose derision in the comments, all of which he handles with calm and grace.
In Deus Ex, leaping on a table will elicit disapproval and derision; entering the woman's bathroom will earn you a disapproving coworker for the foreseeable future.
«The Whitney Museum's revelatory survey of the work that earned O'Keeffe such derision, the evocative, more - or-less abstract art she made starting in 1915 — phenomenally early for an American artist — should reopen eyes to an undeniable fact: O'Keeffe produced some of the most original and ambitious art in the twentieth century.»
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