mockery
Example Sentences
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Mockery is not an effective way of intervening against conspiracy theories/conspiracism and those who are seriously committed to them.
From Salon • May 7, 2025
There was so much Bryan Goldberg content on Gawker that the editors rounded it up in a greatest-hits post under the headline “The Relentless and Well-Deserved Mockery of Bryan Goldberg.”
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2021
Mockery of the “current year” argument — especially as regularly employed by comedian John Oliver — has become a meme in some far-right circles.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2016
Mockery erupted on social media over the mathematics, which suggest you could stop a weekly brunch for well over a century and still not quite reach your savings goal.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2016
Mockery and disregardf This was not the Pyke he remembered.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Vocabulary lists containing mockery
"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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