MOCK in a Sentence
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91 example sentences for MOCK, such as:
1. I thought you were mocking me.
2. He went to church only to mock.
3. The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
4. It's rude to mock at a foreign student's mistakes in English.
5. While she waited she ceased to pity and began to mock herself.
2. He went to church only to mock.
3. The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
4. It's rude to mock at a foreign student's mistakes in English.
5. While she waited she ceased to pity and began to mock herself.
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Meanings and Examples of MOCK
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mock
v. treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1 Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
2 She looked up at him and saw that his mouth was pulled down at the corners in mock sympathy, even while he swished the fan.
3 "I beg your pardon," said Rhett with mock humility.
4 Had any other man spoken so, Scarlett would have dismissed such protestations contemptuously as mock modesty and a bid for praise.
5 They were looking on the state they loved, seeing it trampled by the enemy, rascals making a mock of the law, their former slaves a menace, their men disfranchised, their women insulted.
6 "I hear you couldn't even wait two weeks for me," he said and gave a mock sigh.
7 Rhett's eight months' service with the Confederacy was known only to Scarlett, for Rhett had begged her, with mock fear, not to reveal his "shame" to anyone.
8 He flung up a hand in mock horror and his black brows went up in the old sardonic crescents.
9 While she waited she ceased to pity and began to mock herself.
10 He laughed with Myrtle, jogged her elbow when she was filling cups, made deep mock bows to the waitresses as they came up for coffee.
11 So in reality it was a mock adventure; the game was fixed for me by chance, as it probably was for many a dragon-slayer.
12 Now he had become a first lieutenant in a smart regiment, so he could mock at everything more becomingly in uniform.
13 "Dr. Grant is ill," said she, with mock solemnity.
14 "Sir, you do me honour," was Crawford's answer, with a bow of mock gravity.
15 'Delighted to see you looking so well, my dear,' said the Jew, bowing with mock humility.
Example Sentence:
1 The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy.
2 He went to church only to mock.
3 It's rude to mock at a foreign student's mistakes in English.
4 Anyone inclined to mock this suggestion should note that the armed services are perhaps the most respected institution in Britain today.
5 What we mock is his using that as a catchall excuse for any personal failing or ridiculous policy proposal.
6 He made the other boys laugh by mocking the way the teacher spoke.
7 I thought you were mocking me.
8 Psy's song "Gangnam Style," which mocks the consumerism of a rich Seoul suburb, and hit horse-riding-style dance went viral on video-sharing website YouTube.
9 The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.