mugging

Example Sentences

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Too often, it looked like a regulatory mugging of children with rare diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“It is funny that the heaviest of all awards is given by actors — ’us what we do, it means so much,’” he said, mugging ponderous emotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025

In a statement, Haigh said she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out in 2013 but later found it had not been taken.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

And mugging for the cameras with Cinnamon the rat licking her nose.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli