| His wife, Lori, belittles his obsession and ridicules his dreams. |
| Voltaire ridicules an old-school philosophical system by juxtaposing it with horrific historical reality. |
| Authors of burlesque usually avoided the high ethical road of the satirist, who ridicules a folly or fashion in the hope of eradicating it. |
| That link comes courtesy of Scott LeMieux, no shrinking wallflower of a progressive himself, who also ridicules Ms Wolf's claims. |
| He ridicules the notion that its members are committed to fighting poverty. |
| The tearaway runs riot, swears and abuses, causes criminal damage and ridicules the elderly. |
