mockery
Example Sentences
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Then one team wants to make a mockery of the final, Ganesha, by using backups.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
She said Lecka's sentencing left her "utterly dumfounded" and "makes a whole mockery" of the UK justice system.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
She locked down comments on the post in an apparent attempt to stanch the torrent of mockery her made-up acronym invited.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Then he dismissed her with a Truth Social post where he used the praise once again, making it feel, especially if one were to read it aloud in his voice, like mockery.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
I gasped, shocked by my father's rude mockery of my virtue.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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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