Sentence examples for mocking voice from inspiring English sources

The phrase "mocking voice" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to imitating or mimicking someone's speech in a sarcastic or contemptuous manner. Example: She replied in a mocking voice, "Oh great, another lecture from the know-it-all."

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"Oh," Mr. Ferguson said, in a low, mocking voice.

"Here... comes... that famous General Taguba — of the Taguba report!" Rumsfeld declared, in a mocking voice.

Whether it will ever turn into anything but the sound of its own mocking voice, only time will tell.

He scratches at Ripley with a low, mocking voice, waggling his fingers and jerking his head, narrowing his eyes and widening his soft girlish grin.

" 'Life is like that,' she said in a small, bitter mocking voice, leaning back on the bench, drawing him with her, drawing his mouth to hers".

Trump read an excerpt of this account aloud at his rally in Janesville, Wisconsin on Tuesday in a mocking voice and claimed "her statement changed big league".

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And there are always mocking voices.

All around are mocking voices.

Here, Curtis sounds like he's being pulled by ghostly apparitions, trapped in a place "where figures from the past stand tall / And mocking voices ring the halls".

Of course, no sooner were the words out of his mouth than the carping began: the mocking voices who can't cope with the kind of truth-bomb that rock'n'roll hurls your way.

The second half of some words was often not pronounced at all; the name Diddy Bop was read in an almost mocking singsong voice.

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