Sentence examples for mockery by from inspiring English sources

The vice president has come in for his share of mockery by late-night comics.

Dostoyevsky's arrogance made him the object of mockery by Turgenev and he left the circle.

I won't use the word "suffragette" as it was coined in mockery by the Daily Mail.

Mr. Assad's promises have been met with skepticism and outright mockery by opponents in Syria and abroad.

Mr. West responded with a series of angry tweets, leading to more mockery by Mr. Kimmel on his show.

If someone attempts to point out logical inconsistencies, they are almost always faced with personal mockery by the other commentators.

Enrique is eventually redeemed by his self-knowledge and self-mockery, by his total, adoring attention to the dying Margaret, his tenderness as he mixes the useless nutrition she takes through her tube, cleans the port through which it enters her body, changes her when she soils herself.

Many who still remember Neruda the man suspect that he would have been more pleased by the mockery than by the official tributes.

It's kind of amusing (and understandable, given that he was bitten by a python a few seasons back and bitten again by the Internet mockery generated by that video).

For years, he called us by these names, his gentle mockery softened by compassion.

But lately, the stress generated by political discussions, and the discomfort that is caused by watching the sarcasm and mockery delivered by aggressive news coverage of political discussions, is becoming palpable.