mugging
Example Sentences
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Too often, it looked like a regulatory mugging of children with rare diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
“It is funny that the heaviest of all awards is given by actors — ’us what we do, it means so much,’” he said, mugging ponderous emotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025
Her resignation comes a day after she admitted that she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out but later found it had not been taken.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
His rants are hilarious, and Ruffalo’s mugging is a comic highlight.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
He presses one shoulder into the wall, crosses his arms, cocks his head, squints his eyes, mugging James Dean better than James Dean.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
