He made no particular effort to seem other than derisive.

At work, the reaction was just as derisive, only more up close and personal.

With a derisive toss of his head, he turned away.

She gave a short laugh, almost derisive, and sat back.

What was once derisive is now a source of pride.

Then he made a sound which I do not understand, save that it seemed to be derisive.

The very fact that he has numbers will make him derisive of opposition.

The sixties are not dead, was Winter's first derisive thought.

She waited to see the derisive smile, but it did not come.

With a derisive smile, he leaned back in his chair.

Mary made a sound that was both derisive and impatient.

The women's crusade she led brought considerable, if sometimes derisive, attention.

But the derisive silence that was the only reply had brought him up short.

His mild question was met with the derisive laugh he expected.

I made a derisive sound, and he acknowledged my disgust.

She made her voice sound derisive as she said the word.

They are derisive toward and will undermine the Christian religion.

It sounded derisive, as if all nature were laughing at him.

What the book does not lack is derisive descriptions of other public figures.

I thought of him as the sea, shaking with derisive laughter.

Such dreams might once have been dismissed with a derisive laugh.

With a derisive snort, she turned away to make the tea.

Even the man who had made the most derisive remarks now appeared to be having second thoughts.

The expression in his gray eyes was derisive and calculating.

With those words, the derisive though deadly William took a good aim.

In our view, the amount of this aid is derisory.

From this week, housing benefit also goes up, although again the amounts are derisory.

The sum total of their activities was so near to zero as to be derisory.

What's the betting that turnout in the next election is derisory.

At the moment, we have nothing to combat these crimes but derisory financial penalties.

Consequently, the proposals which have been put forward seem quite derisory as a means of dealing with this situation.

When used in Yiddish, the word is derisory, to varying degrees.

It's the kind of derisory profit line that would make shareholders laugh and point.

And only a derisory 3% said they would want to live in Oxford after the war.

Farmer said at the time that the video had a derisory cost in comparison with the effect it produced.

Is it possible to imagine a more piffling, derisory sum?

He tried to sell it, and the offers he received were quite derisory.

Jamie made a derisory Scottish noise in the back of his throat.

And how can we not condemn the derisory amount that those who are unable to work receive in benefits?

Myriam turned over and gave me a derisory look.

Some restriction, even a derisory cut, in working hours is better than no restriction at all.

The Sheikh gave a derisory laugh, shaking his head.

Ralph gets a job collecting trolleys for a derisory wage.

Breaca did not hear the words but the tone was derisory.

To Palestinians, it was a derisory figure: a provocation.

In Wales the support for devolution amounted to a derisory 11.8 per cent.

He hurled the chicken bone toward the high fortress as a derisory gesture.

That was why he couldn't help but smile in recognition when Angelique took the same derisory line.

These have in fact been the butt of more and more derisory comment."

Lawrence couldn't help a derisory laugh at the absurdity of the vehicle.

For many years Medicaid did not finance mental health care for adults, while Marmor comments that the amount of benefits for care outside hospital that was made available totalled a 'derisory' 250 per year in 1987.