Sentence examples for for a mockery from inspiring English sources

I always wanted to be married by Elvis in Vegas, but both mine and my wife's families are too big to fly everyone out to Nevada and too Portuguese/Italian to stand for a mockery of the sanctity of marriage in the middle of an unfamiliar desert.

Throw into this mix the fact of poverty itself and you have a recipe if not for despair, then for making a mockery of the whole damn farce.

When Clinton signed the bill, ending a 60-year federal guarantee of assistance for poor children, Mrs. Edelman denounced him for making "a mockery of his pledge not to hurt children".

I also think Stephen Colbert should be boycotted for making a mockery of the U.S. Congress, Jon Stewart should be punished for his unwillingness to treat serious American politics seriously, and South Park should be banned altogether.

Jimmy loathes Boyland for making a mockery of collection agencies.

One open question, beyond the baseline of blackface awfulness, is the extent to which the Virginia governor used a caricature as a vehicle for making a mockery of blackness itself.

"We're going to hold George Bush accountable for making a mockery of the words 'leave no child behind.' " Mr. Kerry says he will pay back young people for two years of community service with four years of free college tuition.

And I will crisscross this country in this campaign and hold George W. Bush accountable for making a mockery of the words 'no child left behind.' "Add up the deficit and the indifference of this administration," he added.

Bravo to George Lucas for making a mockery of many of our childhoods.

He faults Colbert for "making a mockery" out of our nation's politics.

Shame on the U.S. Supreme Court for making a mockery of the First Amendment.