Sentence examples for bit of mockery from inspiring English sources

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That may prove to have been a prescient bit of mockery.

But despite the good intentions of "Whose Boat Is This Boat," there's something unavoidably disappointing about this bit of mockery in print.

There is no downside — except maybe a bit of mockery from the pasta police (who I'm sure will arrive, in my case, later this morning).

But while Steve Guttenberg films are a grievously underappreciated film genre, people on reality TV shows deserve a bit of mockery, if only to help them understand the difference between "being talked about on the internet" and "having a life".

As usual, it was hard to say whether this was the sincere expression of an off-kilter, wide-ranging taste, or a bit of mockery directed at those of us who cared what he had on.

The original volume, a slim, plaid-covered paperback that poked fun at the gin-soaked polo-shirt and loafer-wearing set, started out as a piquant bit of mockery but, like "Liar's Poker," a bestseller about bond traders, and "Wall Street," the movie in which Michael Douglas declared greed to be good, it ended up being adopted as a kind of guidebook for those who wanted in.

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Keillor, a master of colloquial natter, glides through his tall tales and bits of mockery and sentiment, weaving a gracious patter of commentary around the show's musical performers — his connecting chat is the equivalent of Altman's camera.

Keillor, a master of colloquial natter, glides through his tall tales and bits of mockery and sentiment, weaving a gracious patter of commentary around the show's musical performers his connecting chat is the equivalent of Altman's camera.

Which makes a bit of a mockery of the whole premise of the show, certainly of the title.

In a bit of apparent mockery, Emma Thompson walked onstage barefoot, martini glass in one hand, Louboutins in the other.

As Andy Staples writes on SI.com, this kind of effort is what that loyalty bought from his Louisville players, who made a bit of a mockery of that betting line, Tim Sullivan writes in The Louisville Courier-Journal.

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