made fun of

Example Sentences

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But what if someone had made fun of them, or implied the age gap was inappropriate?

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

In fact, he’s made fun of originalism before.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Like you have to pass through that if you’re serious and you have to be willing to be criticized, to be made fun of.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

“Usually I was very invisible, made fun of, not the one that people saw as this interesting and cool person,” Ishmael said.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

“She didn’t want me to go through the things she went through when she skipped grades. She was always excluded from groups, people made fun of her....”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia