Sentences with phrase «figure of ridicule»

Therefore, it does not aim to out - argue its opponents, but to shame them, to drive them from the field in ignominy, to make them figures of ridicule, moral indignation, and revulsion.

If he does, it's as a figure of ridicule.

I heard someone last season suggest that what made him great, his arrogance and stubbornness, has now killed him and made him a figure of ridicule, and in some quarters, hatred.

The 31 - year - old, already occasionally a figure of ridicule at Arsenal, was subjected to some truly horrible Twitter taunts from his own fans.

The goalkeeper became a figure of ridicule long ago for Gunners» fans and the Spaniard is now in his final 12 months of his contract.

He may have been a figure of ridicule during his time in North London, but there's no denying that his record in Europe for the club has to be respected.

A man whose fate as England boss was sealed as much by him evolving into a figure of ridicule, as by the poor results he presided over.

The defence secretary has turned into a figure of ridicule, but away from the cameras he is proving a canny operator who may be about to secure new funding for his department.

Winston Churchill's bombast made him a figure of ridicule during the 1930s, but also made him ideally suited to being a war time leader.

When that fourth wall is broken by naming the figures of ridicule and using direct comparisons to current news stories, the satire often becomes too obvious, lacks subtlety, impact or originality.

So yes, my dearest Tennessee, I am with you on Blanche, no matter how messy, and a failure and a figure of ridicule she may be.»