mocking

How To Use mocking In A Sentence

• The rage and the disappointment of the admiral were beyond all bounds; what to him was the value of the capture of Aisa, of the Turkish alcaid, of the ten thousand of the baser sort; nay, what to him was the value of "Africa" itself when once again like a mocking spirit Dragut had glided beyond the sea horizon to devastate, to plunder, and to slay once more, the scourge and the menace of Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean
• Although first cousin to the melodious mockingbird, a catbird's song is seldom musical.
• The awkwardness between them soon vanished when they began laughing and mocking the poorly produced film.
• Even the more sentimental variations seem mocking.
• He is beautifully made with graceful horns, a slinky, prism-like tail, and playful, though mocking and feral, eyes.
• At his words, the mocking hauteur disappears from her gaze.
• Call us a bunch of self-referential, mocking, postmodern deconstructionist ironicists, if you will. Times, Sunday Times
• Now, jobs figures still aren't dancing the jive yet, but prices are spiraling higher and higher, mocking the Fed's directorate for central planning.
• His slight emphasis on the word "Lady" was definitely mocking.
• The housebreaker's unclean face was still cheerful and mocking, although a slow worry had begun gathering at its edges. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY