1. The Government has pooh-poohed the idea that primary schools will begin to select pupils.

2. She had always pooh-poohed the idea of getting married.

3. He pooh-poohed at the sight.

4. They pooh-poohed our scheme for raising money.

5. He pooh-poohed herbal remedies at first.

6. They are pooh-poohing suggestions of a split in the party.

7. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.

8. Energy companies have pooh-poohed the seriousness of global warming.

9. Photographers usually pooh-pooh electronic viewfinders,() because no screen is as sharp as real life.

10. On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic.

11. Water intoxication is something that many people pooh-pooh as nonsense, but here is absolute proof it exists.

12. Mrs. Darling consulted Mr. Darling, but he smiled pooh-pooh. "Mark my words, " he said, "it is some nonsense Nana has been putting into their heads; just the sort of idea a dog would have.

13. I thought it was quite a good idea,but she pooh-poohed it.

14. She has got it all wrong, but then, too, I pooh-pooh her less grandly than I might.

15. There had been much talk of curses like those said to afflict pyramid robbers, which Holmes had angrily pooh-poohed.

16. On the other hand though, scientists do not look fondly upon those who pooh-pooh scientific theories such as evolution as being just a theory.

17. There are people who gather in the spas and watering places of this world who pooh-pooh our fortune.