make sport of
Example Sentences
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Some of them can come off as a bit provocative by appearing to make sport of grave topics in the news.
From Washington Post
“Da”- limericks: The dachshund, each hair and each wart of it, Serves for the wags to make sport of it.
From Washington Post
Naturally Trump critics were quick to make sport of the video and still pictures from the “walk of shame.”
From The Guardian
"President Trump in a reelection rally in which he is, of course, running to again represent all Americans, last night seemed to make sport of Americans being killed in an area of the country that's being run by his Democratic rivals," Tapper began.
From Fox News
The essentials: Perils are faced and conquered, hearts are won and broken, and gods make sport of mortal foibles — all on an epic scale in “Argonautika,” a modern adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts’ legendary quest for the Golden Fleece.
From Los Angeles Times
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