Example sentences for: mockery

How can you use “mockery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • His savage, profane descriptions of Nixon, his mockery of Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, his characterization of any enemy as a "Nazi" or "the fourth Reich" or "the sixth Reich" enlivened (and, yes, debased) political debate.

  • On the campaign trail, this mockery translates into a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dynamic.

  • One creative sign: Daniel Ortega is identified by a tap on the wrist, a mockery of the ex-president's gauche Rolex.

  • The conditions they toil under make a mockery of the already low American labor standards—the most regressive among the advanced industrial nations.

  • The Algonquian tribes called the first white settlers Coat-wearers in gentle mockery of the stranger's curious garb.


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