| In its gilded cage, art is confined to the status of puerile amusement under the knowing and benevolent eye of the guardians of the orthodoxy of its own derisiveness. |
| In this context, accusation of metrical deformity by way of human infirmity accrues an unusually multi-valent derisiveness. |
| It's true I'm not playful, my derisiveness does not have the same foundation as that which aims at emptying the artistic activity or object of its substance. |
| He chuckled softly, the hint of derisiveness in his laughter caught by all but the woman for whom it was intended. |
| People who are pining for easy, one-syllable answers find this kind of uninformed derisiveness compelling. |
| His derisiveness was staggering, but she couldn't help but to feel sorry for him. |
