"Derisive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... derisive laughter; some one bade her with an oath begone; rough shoulders jostled her away. She stretched her arms ...
— Bebee • Ouida
... I strolled this evening down Pennyfields, And the old men came out with expressions of no-kindness. They made ugly mouths, And passed words one to the other of a derisive nature. ...
— Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse • Thomas Burke
... believe that, general?" Keaveney asked. His tone was still derisive, but under the derision was uncertainty. After all, von Schlichten had been on Uller for fifteen ...
— Uller Uprising • Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
... manager, ignoring the voices, continued his appeal, the interruptions came with more frequency, accompanied now by groans, shouts, hisses and derisive laughter. ...
— Helen of the Old House • Harold Bell Wright
... with a derisive laugh, for Tom had learned this omitted passage for his yesterday's lesson, and a young gentleman does not require an intimate or extensive acquaintance with Latin before he can feel the pitiable absurdity of ...
— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot
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