mock
Example Sentences
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Antony uses the opportunity to skillfully turn the Romans against the assassins, mocking Brutus as “an honorable man,” who had committed “bloody treason.”
I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.
From Salon
Complaining about it is just as much tradition as tailgating, the Lambeau Leap or mocking the New York Jets.
Mr. Reiner never engaged in the kind of flashy cutting, unusual camera movements or dazzling set pieces that characterized, say, the work of Martin Scorsese, whom he mocked as “Marty DiBergi” in “Spinal Tap.”
Kast recently recalled how his political rivals, who have also called for curbing illegal immigration, once mocked his proposal to build trenches to stop migrants.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
