How to Use mockery in a Sentence

mockery

noun

• His kind of personality invites mockery.
• The right regards the Hunter plea deal as a mockery of the law.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2023
• But the mockery, the loss of status and the shame remained.
  — Flora Cassen, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
• Much of the mockery came from the sports jocks and guys bigger than me.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2022
• The self-mockery strikes a tone of gothic camp which relieves the gloom.
  — Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• The video and the fact that the vessel relied on the controller led to widespread mockery online.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 20 June 2023
• For his part, Trump may make a mockery of the debate itself.
  — Jonathan Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• For his part, Mr. Trump may make a mockery of the debate itself.
  — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 24 July 2023
• Still, the launch met with a fair amount of mockery for making the wearer look, well, silly.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 8 June 2023
• For such dishonesty doesn’t just make a mockery of truth, but of us.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Sep. 2022
• His every move is a mockery of the idea of transparency.
  — Katherine Cross, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2022
• The video has garnered more than 4.6 million views and plenty of mockery in the comments.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• The attention to Swift at NFL games has drawn some pushback and mockery.
  — Eric Berger, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• The morning after the frosty date, Julia becomes the subject of cruel mockery across the city.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022
• Call it a hunch, call it the truth, or better yet, call it mockery of those who were oh-so-impatient.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• The true Pink Floyd devotees, of every age and background, buried the homophobes in an avalanche of mockery.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2023
• Regardless, the companies have been happy to make a mockery of the rule.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• The move has sparked some social media mockery as the beer is viewed as low quality in some places around the world, reports The Guardian.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 22 Nov. 2022
• Some of its mockery and many of its nerd-friendly celebrity talking heads — Seth Green!
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
• But within a week of the announcement – after days of mockery and ridicule online – the idea appears to have been dropped.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
• There has not been a Test played between the countries for 15 years which makes a mockery of the fledgling World Test Championship.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Again and again the audience is denied the pleasure of simple mockery.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• Yet, the show was mostly received with mockery and contempt rather than care and concern.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2023
• Some of Borat’s targets are fully worthy of the mockery.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
• But Aemond was also a kid who was bullied and was made a mockery for part of his life for not having a dragon.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2022
• Rather, Maude seemed like a kind of mockery of intimacy.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The proposal sparked some mockery in Europe and was quickly dropped.
  — Vanessa Gera, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022
• Images of the incident have drawn scorn on social media and stirred mockery on talk shows.
  — al, 19 Jan. 2023
• Naturally, Gen Z has picked up on them too, and the mockery that was once reserved for Boomers is now coming for me.
  — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2022
• The blowback was swift and immediate, the mockery inescapable.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024