Many critics have ridiculed this as a ludicrous idea, but more recently scholars have demonstrated the intensely political and well-informed background for Durrell's notions.

Given the numbers of the disadvantaged, critics of Treasury ridicule the whole proposal.

The historian Thomas Babington Macaulay and other critics ridiculed his weak arguments to shreds.

Because of this, his critics often ridiculed his appearance rather than his works.

This is precisely the kind of thinking that critics of the American involvement in Vietnam once ridiculed.

The critics lambasted the show as hyped, sensational foolishness and ridiculed Mr. Rivera for being part of it.

The critics ridiculed the show, prompting Barnes' long-lasting and well-publicized antagonism toward those he considered part of the art establishment.

When government officials argued that American credibility was at stake in Indochina, critics ridiculed the notion.

One critic ridiculed this "insufferable, ultramodern symphony" written by a composer "who comes from somewhere in the Balkans."

But the laser's beam could not be directed at moving targets, so critics outside the Government ridiculed the test, saying it represented more showmanship than science.