Until recently, AIDS researchers and activists in the United States tended to regard the denialists with derision, assuming they would fade away. |
The comic had risen through the standup ranks, working hard at developing an act after his initial performances drew derision. |
They present a perfect blend of pathos, wonder, derision, fear, disgust and fury. |
The show was heaped with derision for its mangling of some of the most famous lines in the English language. |
By the time he got back, they were gone, which was just as well because much of the rage and derision was directed at him. |
At uni, I tried my hand at fishing for trout and caught nothing all day except a barrel of derision when I slipped and fell into a river. |