mocking

It’s funny, my mother used to look at me with an expression that was neither mocking nor exasperated, merely seasoned, and say, “Baby, not everything needs to be a production.”

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with the foreign minister cancelling a planned US visit.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Atletico Madrid aimed the mocking dig at La Liga rivals Barcelona over their "smear campaign" in pursuit of Julian Alvarez.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Pinmei looked at him, his black eyes mocking and triumphant, and she felt something deeper than rage steel itself inside her.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

A #nursewho hashtag emerged on Twitter, attached both to attacks on the casting and ironic mockings of the attackers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2017

The "calf" or young ox, symbolizes "patient continuance in well-doing" amidst trials, such as "cruel mockings," etc.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele

Then all the by-standers raised a shout of exultation, and began pointing at the ghastly head, with mockings and derisive laughter.

From Margaret of Anjou Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

In Palace Yard Perkin Warbeck sat in the stocks before the gate of Westminster Hall for a whole day, enduring innumerable reproaches, mockings and scornings.

From Westminster The Fascination of London by Mrs. A. Murray Smith

The deceived maiden is cast down by the jeers and mockings of her erstwhile companions, and comforted by Siebel.

From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel