"So Hamilton says, 'Wait, wait, wait.' " Antonio took off his glasses and wiped the lenses in a mocking fashion.
If I say, 'Let's go for a run,' you hear, 'Oh, I think I'll go for a run, too,' in a kind of mocking way".
For one thing, somewhat remarkably, "Snow Angels" is frequently quite funny — not in a glib or mocking way, but in the way that life, even at its worst, can be.
The careless and mocking way in which she was handled should not be considered accepted security procedure.
The vaguely mocking way he is so frequently represented in contemporary Chinese art hints at a deeper post-traumatic anxiety and, perhaps, an urge to exorcise him.
What's amazing is how much the quest for connection, the brittleness of being alone and the mocking way unattainable standards steal that right now from you resonates even louder, echoes even further inside your core as you grow up.
Even though Kate spoke about the experience in a jokey, self-mocking way, she could tell that it made people uncomfortable to hear her ask this question, so she learned to do so silently, when she was driving around the city by herself or with Ondine asleep in the back of the car.
And then at the end, having outgrown it, she and Edward Flowers use it in a kind of self-mocking way.
Probably because, through his great wit, the wonderful self-mocking way he talks about his work and himself, I learned so much, I didn't really need anything more.
Like bookends on a shelf, the repetition of the verse creates a frame within which the poem sits, revealing in a self-mocking, humorous way, the habits of a lifetime that have brought a father-of-two to this point in his life.
