make a mockery of
Example Sentences
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The maneuverings of larger powers in our fractious world would likely make a mockery of their claimed autonomy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
"It does make a mockery of the sport," Price concedes.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
Does Edward’s transformation reassert — or make a mockery of — the increasingly held notion that only authentically lived experience can entitle an artist to tell a particular story?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Proceeding on this record would make a mockery of the Congressional and constitutional oversight process.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2023
They make a mockery of the usual sentiments about the pricelessness of every human life.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
