Sentence examples for fine mockery from inspiring English sources

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Nevertheless, he describes colour with zest and joy, greens he "was into like a snouty pig huge luscious jars, greens so fucking dark, satanic, black holes that could suck your heart out of your chest".Written with terrific verbal energy and a snide, lashing sense of humour, "Theft" is a marvellous caper, a wicked little love story and a fine mockery of an industry that probably deserves it.

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The argument made by Hugo Schwyzer on Jezebel was that it's fine, since "mockery, in this instance, isn't so much about being cruel as it is about publicly rejecting the Nice Guys' sense of entitlement to both sex and sympathy".

The popular tabloid newspaper Life published an "expert panel" claiming that Williams would never again be invited to perform in the country because, though abrasive humour and self-mockery is fine for Russians, foreigners can't get away with it.

Of course, what Bush then proceeded to do made a sick mockery of his fine words.

The British prime minister, David Cameron, has waded in with a statement calling for tougher sanctions than the "derisory fine" that followed previous racist mockery by Serbian fans against English players.

A second chance is fine, but a third chance makes a mockery of the policy.

The terms of the surrender aside, his willingness to execute a prisoner for someone else's crimes made a mockery of his lofty talk of Americans' fine moral sentiments.

This quest for fine-tuned individuality has often been the subject of mockery in the cities where it occurs.

Mark Lawrenson's choices are the source of constant mockery from his fellow MOTD pundits, but the words "fine one to talk" spring to mind.

In a new book titled "Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law," Ms. Radin argues that an onslaught of one-sided fine print is deleting people's legal rights and making a mockery of the freedom of contract.

But, although Bates was a fine film actor, it was on stage that his particular quality of menacing mockery showed itself best.

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