mock-heroic

Example Sentences

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I have no intention of doing that, nor any compulsion to write some mock-heroic thing.

From Los Angeles Times

Rhyming in heroic couplets, the poem takes its inspiration from Alexander Pope’s 18th-century mock-heroic work “The Dunciad,” which depicts journalists worshiping the goddess “Boredom.”

From Washington Times

His delivery is important, too, said Seargeant, “because this compliments the mock-heroic turn of phrase with a sense of knowing bluster, which imbues a slight sense of comedy into things.”

From Reuters

Black recalled the other day, slipping into the booming, mock-heroic voice that serves as one of his trademarks as a movie star.

From Los Angeles Times

The flashbacks play out in a mock-heroic style with tinges of magic realism — a leopard emerging from the forest at an opportune moment, a gang boss punishing his enemies in a particularly crushing manner.

From New York Times