mocked
Example Sentences
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The single star was painted in berry juice, as was the bear, which looked so porcine that Mexicans who were struggling to protect California from Yankee rogues mocked it as more pig than bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Prosecutors also cited social media posts made by Andrew Tate, in which he allegedly mocked prosecutors and suggested he could hide his identity to avoid arrest.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
More devastating, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, mocked Trump’s plan to charge tolls.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
But in her outraged response, Stuckey became most emotional over an aside in which I mocked her for denying that dinosaurs existed millions of years before humans.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Its tranquil beauty mocked the relative prosperity peasant families had enjoyed for centuries, before the dam was built.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
