Sentence examples for mockery against from inspiring English sources

Humor often brushes up against despair, mockery against sorrow.

Being swept up in a storm of unified outrage, condemnation or mockery against a single individual can be detrimental to both target and aggressor.

When these gunmen and others like them take innocent lives, no matter who they are, because of mere mockery against the Prophet, then they should know that his example was different.

The gratifying lesson is that however much the pious seek legal safeguards against mockery, they remain powerless against their greatest comic threat.

Translation: Barring a Sanders miracle against Clinton, there's more mockery to come against Trump.

In his complaint, Dr. Carroll wrote that the program "appears to make a mockery" of standards against bias.

With this record, most people wouldn't entertain an appearance on the TV programme, but his character is incapable of contrition and is immunised against mockery.

On one hand there are strong warnings against mockery, mean-spiritedness, and even just wasting time.

Add to this the pomposity of an art cult that defends such stuff against the mockery of the multitude, and you have a recipe for biting satire.

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.

Set against the mockery is a growing body of evidence which doesn't try to justify every individual decision, or mistake, but to make a wider argument about the value of the European project and joined-up European spending.