Sentences with phrase «scoffed as»

The long - standing Authors Guild, often scoffed as a proud member of the gatekeepers club and a rather irrelevant entity that has yet to embrace the current publishing climate, released an open letter from one of its board members that holds nothing back in its disdain for the newly formed Authors Alliance.

As one believer explained, «To turn again to the cares, perplexities, and dangers of life, in full view of jeering and reviling unbelievers who scoffed as never before, was a terrible trial of faith and patience.

Have spread a slice with honey and am scoffing as I write!

my (then) new husband and I would scoff as we snottily wondered which of the swim - up - barflies were the kids» parents.

Book a foraging walk with former gastropub owner John Rensten and over the next two and a half hours he'll show you which plants you can scoff as well as letting you taste dishes and drinks he's made from wild food he's already picked.

He is not someone you expect to be picked for an important assignment, but that is just what veteran agent Angela Zamparo (Toni Collette) does, inviting scoffs as she selects the rookie to infiltrate supremacist groups.

Fortunately the in - laws purchased a nice Marcel Petite Comte Gruyere at $ 10.35 for 150g for us to scoff as we watched the Tour de France last night.

Not exact matches

Most state election officials scoffed at the idea, while Trump critics described his obsession as thinly veiled racism against Hispanic and African - American voters.

«Buy, hold and suffer,» The Globe and Mail scoffed in a September 2005 article that painted Lee - Chin as obnoxious and obstinate, likening him to Donald Trump.

Moscow scoffed at the UK's latest accusations linking it to the Skripals» attempted assassination, dismissing them as a «circus show.»

Critics scoffed at Musk's vision as he was building the Model S; but Fisher said the team at Tesla deserved credit for delivering a car with very few flaws.

So in September, when Cain unveiled his 9 -9-9 tax plan as the panacea for America's economic ills, both sides of the political aisle were quick to scoff at its simplicity.

As U.S. equity markets enter a correction you'll hear a lot of people scoff at the phrase «stay the course.»

If you're one of those shaving traditionalists who scoffs at the idea of those poor men who still use cheap cartridge razors or worse still, even cheaper disposables, you can probably stop reading right now as we can assume you already know all there is to know about straight and safety razors.

Most people will immediately scoff at even the suggestion of taking cold showers, labeling it as «crazy».

Howard Marks As U.S. equity markets enter a correction you'll hear a lot of people scoff at the phrase «stay the course.»

When I caught wind of Bitcoin as a newly minted MBA in the summer of 2012, I immediately scoffed.

Mark Zuckerberg emerged mostly unruffled after two grueling days of congressional hearings, reassuring investors with his composure even as lawmakers scoffed at his apologies over failures to protect user privacy and his assurances to do better.

The gamblers at the roulette table will scoff at that, as will the ones at the slot machine.

I am a proud member of the body of Christ... put me down, make fun, scoff, spit on me, diminish what I believe, tell me I am wrong, or persecute me verbally, physically, or mentally — I will forgive you as He forgives me, I will pray for your as He instructs, and I will do my human best to love you because He loved you first.

And the same can be true of the Edomites spoken of in the Bible — that many scientists scoffed at the idea as if they were a made up people, that is, until the discovery of the city of Petra.

After fighting a war at a high emotional pitch, they discovered that all their idealism and good intentions were scoffed at as unrealistic.

please tell me otherwise as you have so scoffed and rebuked what scripture literally dictates..!

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It's always fascinating that people will scoff at 800 pages of ancient manuscripts now called the Bible, but as soon as any scrap of ancient manuscript comes along that presents a different story, that scrap is revered as more significant than the 800 pages.

He did not measure himself by the cultural standards of his day, as did some others, who scoffed at the fact that he was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), nor by the greatness of the order of the intellect (his education was that which could be gained at the local synagogue school) Some of the creatures made by the Word of God are greater in these respects than the one who is the Word of God incarnate, and that one is not ashamed of his inferiority.

I used to scoff at the idea of a single entity that was in the evil business, thinking those people weak of mind as to need one bogeyman to distract from their own weaknesses.

Now in our postmodern condition, the incoherence in Anglicanism that has been scoffed at as a joke can instead be seen as a tendency to sit at a table with someone with whom you disagree and find a way to get along.

Why should any rational adult accept at face value a claim that if made about anything other than religion, would be scoffed at as a lie?

Time to re-read your Bible with eyes to see His truth this time, nstead of them being blinded by man and their scoffing of the Lord's truth as is written.

Many with whom the French Revolution was popular were inclined to scoff at Christianity as an outworn superstition from which man was to be freed in the new day.

These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.

Todays scientists do scoff at such an idea and they have renamed an old fling to call these «elemental gods as being atoms putting to bed the ancient Theological philosophers» understandings.

Some people end in defeat and collapse or, as Mark Twain described them, scoffing «at the pitiful world, and the useless universe, and the violent, contemptible human race,» and deriding «the whole paltry scheme.»

Some would undoubtedly scoff at the idea of President as «almost pastor.»

And although the cynic might scoff that winter follows summer, just as truly as summer winter, yet, for ancient man, a strong note of optimism ran through the deep reality of his poignant tribulation.

We would scoff the seminar as «blackballing Jesus».

He liked the way she scoffed at him, as if he were a child.

My husband scoffed at me as I gathered a harvest of cute yellow pear tomatoes for this recipe saying we already had a big jar of sun dried tomatoes.

Now I found myself faced with an eternal dilemma, be generous and pass them on as a gift or scoff the lot myself.

While I once scoffed at a bin filled to the brim with hard avocados, these are the very ones I now happily load in my basket to bring home because there's something just as delectable to do with them.

So many things which, just 2 years ago, I may have scoffed at, brushed aside as heeby - jeeby, loco, substance-less stuff.

I can guarantee that if the bowl were real, you wouldn't be staring at it for quite so long, as you would have scoffed it down.

At first I scoffed at the recipes as they called for already cooked grains most of the time, but I find that it made the dinners faster to cook.

If you were to tell me back then, that I would later relocate half - way across the globe, and settle for a few years in the South American continent, and more specifically in Buenos Aires, which was known for many decades as the «Paris of South America», I would have really scoffed in your face.

When my kids ask for pancakes I groan inwardly because I know that's me standing there for a good half an hour as the kids scoff the pancakes as fast as I make them.

As a New Englander, I have to admit that I scoff a little when Chattanooga shuts down for a few flurries, but it's probably the safest bet given all the mountains in the area and everyone's lack of experience driving in wintry weather.

I'm just being picky because as I'm writing this I'm scoffing a giant piece of this cake but it's a comment I get from my family / friends and has made me notice it more... let me know your thoughts..

For those not in the know, Eat Your Books is not all about scoffing printed tracts — as appealing as that sounds.

This basic scone recipe is perfect as is, but the upgrades and flavor add - ins are nothing to scoff at, either.