Sentences with phrase «prompt scorn»

Balenciaga issued a first apology on Thursday, but it did not identify the customers to whom it offered the apology as Chinese, prompting scorn among some Chinese social media users.

The prime minister has prompted scorn and derision from commentators and rival politicians by...

Not exact matches

The epistle writer gives us a primer, almost a little rule, for holding on to our faith in these or any times: be thankful, pray no matter what, listen for the spirit's prompting and do not spurn it when it comes, refuse to scorn with worldly wisdom the words of prophets.

The government has denied it is resorting to begging the «big six» energy companies to stop raising prices until 2015, prompting an avalanche of scorn from the left.

Cuomo failed to follow through on some of those promises, prompting wariness and criticism by WFP members and scorn from de Blasio, while the governor also created the Women's Equality Party (WEP) in a thinly - veiled attempt to undercut the WFP.

The informed and respectful criticism that it prompted only inflamed tabloid scorn and hardened the intransigence of a pivotal local politician.