Sentences with phrase «sneered at»

It gets picked on, verbally abused, sneered at and in all manner abused as the ash can of Canadiana.

People stared and sneered at him and walked the other way.

Millenials are often sneered at for not caring about long - form news, or even any news.

Critics noted that Sheriff Judd judged defendants harshly; he allegedly sneered at one man, who drives a luxury car but who also receives food stamps.

Monckton of Brenchley says: «This was one of the reasons why they sneered at Lindzen & Choi (2009, 2011), who studied sensitivity empirically over about 25 years.»

Or is anyone who disagrees with Connolley simply to be sneered at as some inferior?

Muir Russell himself sneered at the idea when asked by Roger Harrabin.

But — I think these authors deserve to be encouraged, rather than sneered at.

-LSB-...] an earlier post, I criticized the repugnant attitude in which Bradley sneered at «antis» who had not -LSB-...]

In an earlier post, I criticized the repugnant attitude in which Bradley sneered at «antis» who had not yet reached the «level of sophistication» sufficient to disentangle adverse results that Bradley and coauthors had failed to report, but were «on the scent».

The consensus sneered at continental drift for fifty years.

In his May 11 article, Schmidt sneered at this «insta - reconstruction» and stated that he could «guarantee» that Briffa's eventual reconstruction would have different results than my emulation:

At $ 4 / gallon, the SUvs may disappear, factories are looking seriously at new processes they sneered at 5 years ago (as a Sunday Times story documented for glass making), people are asking why they live out in the exurbs etc..

Sceptics have long sneered at climate models but one made in the late 1980s has proved remarkably prophetic»

There's a reason for the fact that European political leaders have sneered at it for centuries, and why Ike and Patton found Montgomery insufferable and (to be blunt) rather stupid.

Shouldn't we all be sneering, or worried that we're being sneered at?

At Bushwick Open Studios, James Cornish (a Detroit native) sneered at the fact that media attention — in the form of a «Cosmopolitan article,» specifically — was spotlighting «artists who had just moved here and started urban farms.»

Quite the opposite — these are stereotypical figures, easily sneered at.

Even if you sneered at the concept of playing a Mickey Mouse game, the sheer quality and ingeniousness of this title won you over.

Remember at E3 when Bethesda said they supported Ninty and we all sneered at them for bringing over a 7 - year - old game?

Some adored its challenging circle - line puzzles, while others felt sneered at by designer Jonathan Blow when they failed to solve them.

Samui may be sneered at by purist travelers, but on its own terms the island is great fun.

Cash flow matching has often been sneered at as an investment policy.

Bonds and cash get sneered at, but they play an important role in risk reduction for both individuals and institutions.

Some might think it's tacky, but I've never met a bride or groom who sneered at the sight of an envelope stuffed with cold hard cash.

Despite its protestations of innocence though, class action lawsuits and the scrutiny of the regulators of two massive Apple markets are not to be sneered at.

Alas, it's becoming more difficult for new writers to avoid being shuttled into dead - end and horribly expensive self - publishing «services» that are endorsed by the same traditional publishers who sneered at Author Solutions and their ilk just a couple years ago.

In the beginning, the first e-books were sneered at and denigrated by agents, publishers and company - approved authors.

Basically, right now, and probably for another year, anything with Amazon or Kindle in the title is going to be sneered at by the so - called establishment.

That said, I was floored by the revelation that Rachelle Gardner, agent extraordinaire, and someone who has kind of sneered at self - published work, has now... self published.

Some have sneered at the «Sport Activity Vehicle» moniker, and I promise, you do not want to take this beast off - roading.

Customization isn't frowned on in the truck world, which means you can upgrade to bigger and better wheels and tires, for instance, without being sneered at by collectors.

The i8 immediately quashed conceptions that hybrids should be sneered at in regards to performance, while the i3 has proved popular in urban areas around Europe.

When RCA sneered at transistor radios, Sony captured the audio market by first putting out tinny pocket transistors for teenagers, then expanded its base with steady technological improvement.

Smaug sometimes comes off as a sort of Satan-esque figure, threatening to destroy Thorin using the dwarf's own lust for wealth, a lust that is constantly hinted at and sneered at by various different characters in the film.

Moviegoers who sneered at Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) for its lack of «realism» had probably better stay way from this film as well.

The other thing it has going for it is that Mario is more mainstream than Zelda and while there have been many people who have sneered at the high praise it has received deep down inside all of us gamers Mario taking away the top spot at any awards show (even if it was undeserving.)

I admit that partly stems from the fact that, at the age of nine, I correctly called her now - notorious «My Cousin Vinny» win, a decision I suspect is only sneered at by people who haven't watched the film since 1992 and have consequently forgotten just what a ballsy, entertaining performance she gives in it.

I, Tonya is a proudly redneck affair, a comedy - drama based on true events whose protagonists know that they are being sneered at and mocked by mainstream America as «boobs».

The public are either sneered at or cast as victims, and throughout the psyche of the celeb - addict remains elusive.

My boyfriend has even convinced me to try Mahi Mahi and Salmon; he's good at convincing because three years ago I would've sneered at the idea of fish in my diet.

I hope I can now take a plastic bag from the supermarket without getting sneered at, secure in the knowledge that in 100 years the bag will crumble to dust.

Underwater archaeologists were sneered at for so long.

You couldn't win office, but that's what you could do,» he sneered at the Observer's query.

The candidates may have sneered at soap - opera politics.

It's now sneered at because Blair «lied to us all» and is a «ghastly figure» — well, he's not to my mind.

Hydrocracker's new production of Harold Pinter's The New World Order is a strong riposte to anyone who has ever doubted the necessity of Shakespeare's epilogues or sneered at people fainting during Titus Andronicus.

With that review now over, the city has decided the best course is to integrate the two agencies, and leave Mr. Banks in charge of both — even though a Cuomo spokesperson sneered at Mr. Banks, a former Legal Aid attorney, as part of the city's «management problem.»

Labour shadow ministers who sneered at the idea they might offer Proportional Representation to the Libdems, on the eve of the election, will now have to face the fact that only permanent coalition politics or electoral reform can give them a chance to rule in future.

People sneered at the «grocer's daughter», but in her heart I think Margaret Thatcher may have grown up to be a merchant adventurer.