Sentence examples for mockery of himself from inspiring English sources

It's a self-conscious device, Mr. Pitt's mockery of himself and the responses to his less-than-successful attempt at an Irish brogue in "The Devil's Own".

Much of the charm of an O'Doherty show lies in his meek mockery of himself as some kind of rapper rock star, "the D.O.D".

"As a senior leader, he should have helped Modi function the government better instead of deserting the party and making a mockery of himself at this age," he said.

It is easy to see parallels between his personal life (his father abandoned him and his mother when he was very young; his mother died when she was only 42; the kids he had late in life; the way he was treated once like an earth-rattling force of nature and then, in some roles, a pull-my-finger mockery of himself) and the heavy themes of his work.

His humor relies on mockery, of others and of himself, although his self-deprecations often end in self-aggrandizement.

Finch, portraying a television executive, screams defiance at the banality and excesses of the medium, just as Lumet – somewhat more subtly – would express his disillusionment with the studios' obsession with infantile blockbusters that made a mockery of serious directors such as himself.

The Red Sox humbled the Yankees, 11-2, making a mockery of Contreras's attempt to reinvent himself.

Kevin is himself accomplished in the mockery of his mother's liberal self-righteousness.

He pretends to reform the constitution but makes a mockery of the process by retaining sweeping powers for himself.

He enriched himself, but in the process made a mockery of the NYSE's reputation.

Mockery of the political establishment.