How to use "derisively" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "derisively" in popular movie and book plots

  • Miguel alternates between cynical advice and derisively ridiculing romantic notions of journalism.  - Madrid, 1987
  • Little Arliss chafes at having to attend school, and constantly gets into trouble with his teacher, whom he derisively calls "Old Hoot Owl".  - Little Arliss
  • This attracts further ire from the Dothraki, who derisively call the woman "maegi", a witch.  - The Pointy End
  • The girls are arrested, where they tell the whole story to Nisha, but she derisively brushes it off.  - Bindhaast
  • She was often derisively called the "Palmer Witch".  - Chrystal Falls
  • As a result, she is derisively called "Aid Kid".  - Elizabeth Gail Dobbs
  • " Victor is taken away in a police car, and as a student derisively asks, "Hey man, who the hell do you think you are.  - The Principal
  • Simon and Vallier attack and subdue Bilodeau, so that Simon can engage him in a derisively passionate kiss.  - Lilies (film)
  • When Nomi tells Cristal she dances at Cheetah's Topless Club, Cristal derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution.  - Showgirls

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