Sentence examples for instead of mocking from inspiring English sources

But, instead of mocking, this weekend why don't you sample?

Instead of mocking its protagonist's eccentricities, the film makes achingly palpable the depth of her connection to her animal friends.

Instead of mocking Mr. Bush for hypocrisy, though, we should focus on something else: The affirmative action succeeded.

Instead of mocking or patronizing their passion (as some critics are sure to do), Mr. Bertolucci treats these silly, earnest, beautiful young people tenderly and with generosity.

But instead of mocking or exploiting the disabled characters, she does them a tremendous service by treating them as real people, no kid gloves necessary.

Time has changed his grandchildren's habits, too; instead of mocking his phrases and mannerisms we've heard ourselves saying his words earnestly and with deliberation to our children and each other.

Instead, he was fond of mocking Al Gore for presiding over a regulatory bureaucracy that had (in his telling) one agency to uphold safety standards for pepperoni pizza and one for plain.

This aggressive, sloganeering refusal to engage with the feelings of vulnerability of others, but instead to mock and belittle them?

Instead, the atmosphere was one of irony and humour; of mocking those in power, not seeking to replace them.

This burst of mocking miserablism helped".

But it later was forced to acknowledge that the kill vehicle initially had drifted off course and picked out the large bright decoy balloon instead of the mock warhead.