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How to use derisory in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word derisory? Here are some examples.

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Any money you do save will remain in accounts that pay derisory rates of interest.
Many financial institutions offer derisory returns of 0.1 per cent or slightly more on demand deposit accounts.
The bin workers had threatened a five-day strike next week after rejecting a 4 percent pay offer as derisory.
The company's derisory offer of a 1 percent pay rise has been overwhelmingly rejected by the workforce, who are demanding a rise of 3 percent.
We wanted to picket to raise awareness that we are not prepared to accept the derisory pay offer that has been imposed on us.
Millions of savers have money in deposit accounts that pay derisory rates of interest.
Members of the Services Union are voting on strike action after receiving what they consider to be a derisory pay rise.
Meanwhile, 300 members of middle management are demanding an improvement in what they term a derisory 1 per cent pay offer.
Last year we received a derisory four per cent increase in the fees paid by the council.
The membership feel insulted by the derisory pay offer of four per cent for this year.
Rather than languishing in rates paying derisory interest, these sums can be made to work hard for the business.
And more, in that sleek smile, he sensed a derisory note rising out of Lubin's relationship to Morris' sister, Celia.
It is easy to be derisory about politics in Ireland, and, heaven knows, there is much to be derisory about.
He later sold it to the firm on derisory terms, a decision he regretted to his dying day.
The derisory rates of interest have encouraged savers to play the stock market or buy property.
When I mentioned the latest bad press, their reticence gave way to hoots of derisory laughter and genuine indignation.
The verdict went in favour of the companies, though with derisory damages of one farthing.
Many get a huge shock when they discover on the eve of their retirement that they are only entitled to a derisory state pension.
There has been a pattern of derisory pay offers in recent months tied to productivity increases and attacks on conditions, particularly pension rights.
This unfair arrangement and the extortionate interest involved ensured that her income remained at a derisory two pennies per day.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It is a contemptible and derisory gift for luck, like vituperative outcries.
The term astrology had none of the unfortunate or derisory signification that it has at the present time.
The slightest glance of amused and derisory intelligence passed between them as the Complete Sportsman plunged into the game.
There are no longer insinuating and derisory shakings of the head in the presence of his works.
Steno was accused before the Quarantia and let off with a punishment which the Doge regarded as derisory.
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