Sentence examples for he gave mocking from inspiring English sources

He gave mocking nicknames to the leading men of the realm, and called Warwick the "Black Dog of Arden".

The chronicles tell of how Gaveston gave mocking nicknames to other earls, calling Lincoln 'burst-belly', Pembroke 'Joseph the Jew', Lancaster 'the fiddler' and Warwick 'the black dog of Arden' (from the forest of Arden in Warwickshire).

Within five minutes, she gives mock replies.

The fans gave mock cheers.

He gave a mock sigh of despair.

At a party after he was elected to the Senate, he gave a mock prayer: "Give me wings to get straight to the point".

He gave a little mock shiver.

And then he gives a mock smile.

Dano's demeanor in movies like "There Will Be Blood" lies on the brink of a cringe, but there is nothing wimpish in his fine depiction of Wilson, and his grin, as he gives a mock salute and falls into a pool, would not disgrace "A Hard Day's Night".

He didn't laugh or mock, he gave me a pool buoy and said, try it.

Trump!" – before he gave the woman a mock admonishment and returned to his rambling, more than 45-minute speech.