Explore Derides through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Derides meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of deride
Using Derides
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of deride
- In the example corpus, derides often appears in combinations such as: derides the, and derides, he derides.
Context around Derides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Derides
- In this selection, "derides" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lamont, initially, openly, gop, government and optimism stand out and add context to how "derides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include book openly derides government and and hall initially derides this idea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "derides" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with derides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He derides the notion that judicial officers live in an "ivory tower". (12 words)
Well, well, mr Clemens doesn’t like police now he derides the doctors. (13 words)
Hall initially derides this idea, saying he has no intention of committing suicide. (13 words)
May believes strongly that her deal is closer to what the public wanted when they voted in the referendum, than a softer, Norway-style deal which would allow continued freedom of movement, and which she derides as a “politicians’ Brexit”. (40 words)
Based on the 2012 novel by and adapted from the 2015 Swedish film follows Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grouchy widower who derides and condemns his irritated neighbors. (28 words)
Immediately after publication, the work and its author were denounced by both secular and religious authorities, because the book openly derides government and church alike. (25 words)
Example sentences (10)
Based on the 2012 novel by and adapted from the 2015 Swedish film follows Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grouchy widower who derides and condemns his irritated neighbors.
He also favors state-owned companies and government hand-out programs and derides the accumulation of personal wealth.
Gov. Ned Lamont derides GOP's Prioritize Progress plan to borrow for transportation projects.
May believes strongly that her deal is closer to what the public wanted when they voted in the referendum, than a softer, Norway-style deal which would allow continued freedom of movement, and which she derides as a “politicians’ Brexit”.
With the greatest number of executions of juveniles in the world, Iran constantly disregards human rights and derides the UN’s basic principles.
He derides the notion that judicial officers live in an "ivory tower".
Well, well, mr Clemens doesn’t like police now he derides the doctors.
Hall initially derides this idea, saying he has no intention of committing suicide.
Immediately after publication, the work and its author were denounced by both secular and religious authorities, because the book openly derides government and church alike.
Thus Candide derides optimism, for instance, with a deluge of horrible, historical (or at least plausible) events with no apparent redeeming qualities.
Common combinations with derides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- derides the 4×
- and derides 2×
- he derides 2×