He was acquitted in a mockery of a trial, from which he forcibly excluded the chief witnesses against him. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Unlike Colbert, who more fully understands what the term mockery means than anyone I've watched in recent memory. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Truthiness and Consequences] Reference
Sorry Bob, mockery is the only answer to your GOOOOLLDDDD buggery. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Is The Fed Stifling Recovery?] Reference
Now, keeping yourself impervious to mockery is a full time occupation. From Wordnik.com. [FYI] Reference
Seriously, people, mockery is the only logical response at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Ride the Train] Reference
To my mind, mockery is not harmful; in fact, it is the great equalizer. From Wordnik.com. [February 2006] Reference
Hast thou acted on this wise perversely and in mockery of my commandment?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
And that mockery is usually at its worst when prominent rich people are paying the trial lawyers. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
These statements provoked outrage and mockery from the other two speakers in support of the motion. From Wordnik.com. [Where Does Your Right to Free Expression End? | Impact Lab] Reference
What I did hear, however, was harsh criticism and mockery from the left directed at Limbaugh and Robertson. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 14, 2010] Reference
The burden -- Whoever shall in mockery call the Lord's word "a burden," shall be visited (Margin) in wrath. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Some of his most scathing mockery is reserved for people who take out loans to pay tuition at an expensive private college. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Us Not Into Debt] Reference
Just the other day I was thinking about hate group demonstrations like this and how mockery is the best response to such fools. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - White flour. White flower. Tight shower.] Reference
(if, as Barnes thinks, the question is asked in mockery of the suffering Jews in Babylon). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
'Mrs. Prudence,' as Mr. Barnes calls me in mockery. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
Starcad's loathing for a smith recalls the mockery with which the. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
No, the idea of mockery was far from me; I only meant to praise you. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
"Yes, yes," he mocked her, and his mockery was the most terrible thing of all. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Blood] Reference
And joys of youth – 'on which the melody dwelt and quavered as if in mockery. From Wordnik.com. [The Brownies and Other Tales] Reference
It's an excellent display of physical mockery, which is a great way to raise awareness. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs]
What about songs of mockery, which is how I always heard "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"?. From Wordnik.com. ["Is the Mothers of Invention’s exuberant 'Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance' a song of joy or a song of comfort?"] Reference
A touch of what might almost be called mockery entered Ba'alzamon's voice as he spread his arms wide. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
I think the mockery is a good way to confront the bigotry without causing more polarization. at8: 25 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Robguy 4.0] Reference
She clung to the idea of mockery because it was the only tangible thing she could pluck from her confusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Pagan Madonna] Reference
When she penned those lines, Sarah little imagined how great a mockery was the title, “kind master,” she gave her brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Grimke Sisters]
Her eyes, glinting sparks of mischief, marveled at him with mock reverence, but she knew in her heart that her mockery was a fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain)] Reference
He over-bowed, more in mockery than respect. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge!] Reference
I can so clearly picture now that 'mockery' of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Possessed] Reference
A mockery is their love! but how deadly are their hatreds!. From Wordnik.com. [Vivian Grey] Reference
But the kind of mockery that the author seems to call for sounds unseemly. From Wordnik.com. [Standing up to Jesus « Dating Jesus] Reference
Are you sure you're the right person to be making that kind of mockery, Fred?. From Wordnik.com. [You sure you want to go down that road, Fred?] Reference
This was but the same kind of mockery and taunting the man always indulged in. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Congress and their allies in talks of making a "mockery" of sufficient consensus. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
European Union's resolution, proposed by the African group, would render it a "mockery". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
As for the Washington Post hack's theorizations of the nuances of "mockery," I'm speechless. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Truthiness and Consequences] Reference
Even if you think that, shouldn't you quit offering up the raw material for this kind of mockery?. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Sullivan reflects on whether he's "delusional" to say that Obama "had an 'objectively miraculous' fortnight."] Reference
The United States calls Burma's election rules a "mockery" of the democratic process. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com]
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