Sentences with phrase «widespread ridicule»

The phrase "widespread ridicule" means that a lot of people are making fun of or criticizing someone or something. Full definition
The debacle led to widespread ridicule of the company — «The Force Is Not Strong With Emotiv's Epoc,» «Watch Emotiv's Performance Anxiety,» and «The Trade Show and Demo Hall of Shame» were among the headlines on gaming sites.
They undoubtedly face widespread ridicule from the media (especially Hollywood) and an increasingly vocal minority who essentially call them stupid - heads (like Jacob) and mischaracterize their beliefs,, but this fact doesn't make them martyrs.
The fiasco became a target of widespread ridicule on social media.
Unemployment had been rising steadily — it reached 6.8 percent just as the war ended, the highest level since 1986 — and the previous fall, Bush had earned widespread ridicule by going back on his famous «Read my lips: No new taxes!»
Broodthaers's performative dismissal of his own ambition and sophistication as an artist might have stemmed in part from his recognition of his privileged position in belonging to the French - speaking Walloon population, who were considered more refined thanks to their greater cultural proximity to France — a state of affairs whose absurdity, considering the French's widespread ridicule of the Belgians, was not lost on the artist.
The episode marks the latest step in the widespread ridiculing of the EDL, which last month faced embarrassment after some members thought Brighton Pavilion is a mosque.
Now that the book has garnered national media attention and has been the subject of widespread ridicule, the couple is suing the author for using their picture without permission.
Just as the Spartans abandoned their weak babies, exposing them to die in the wild, Sparta would you like to abandon your reputation and ethics to her (she would say «outsource»), exposing you to widespread ridicule and contempt.
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