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Example sentences for: ridicules

How can you use “ridicules” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Sinclair expects to see such developments within his lifetime, but he ridicules the notion that humans will experience anything like the 70% extension to lifespan of his cultured yeast.
Barney Frank, D-Mass., ridicules Starr as "the Energizer Bunny of independent counsels."
An article ridicules the Recovery Channel ridicules the Recovery Channel, a start-up cable venture that will feature drug addicts, alcoholics, and overeaters 24 hours a day.
Kifner implicitly ridicules this statement--the mayor, he says, "has discerned a sinister Marxist tinge"--but he never explains why it's ridiculous.
How should I respond to a (relatively) good friend who ridicules my Libertarian attitudes?