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mock as in: don't mock me
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She was upset when he mocked her.
mocked = made fun of
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I will not permit the defendant to make a mockery of this trial.
mockery = something that is ridiculous
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American's have a hard time understanding that to mock Islam is to invite violence.
mock = make fun of
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Abuses at Abu Ghraib made a mockery of American idealism.
mockery = something that appears ridiculous
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But even though I silently mocked Shawn for using it, I had come to identify with it.
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mocked = ridiculed (made fun of)
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Are you mocking me?
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mocking = making fun of
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But the expression on the man's face was mocking.
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mocking = ridiculing
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"So Via has a boyfriend!" I said to Ella, kind of mocking.
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mocking = teasing (making fun)
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They chased him on the street, and mocked him when he hobbled by.
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mocked = made fun of
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They play a familiar dance tune, as if to mock the dirge playing inside his head.
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mock = make fun of
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Stanley had also tried to explain that he needed to save his energy so he could teach Zero how to read, but the other boys just mocked him.
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mocked = made fun of
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"Don't make a mockery of it," Dad said.
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mockery = something that is ridiculous
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"I was always getting on Mom and Dad's case because they worked all the time and were never around," she reflects with a self-mocking laugh, "and now look at me: I'm doing the same thing."
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mocking = ridiculing (making fun of)
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Hauled out and forced to run, Louie was trounced, and the guards made tittering mockery of him.
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mockery = insult or ridicule
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And yet, this is something of a mockery because of her lack of maternal instincts or the ability to care for her young.
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mockery = ridiculous thing
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But again, he heard nothing but the sound of his own sobs in the microphone, his own screams mocking him, coming back into his ears.
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mocking = imitating to make fun of
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One thing that really bugged him was the notion that other officers—and he used that word with a grain of salt, because it implied a certain dignity and honor they didn't all have—mocked him.
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mocked = made fun of
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And then, as if his brain were mocking him, trying to make it worse, he had a thought.
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mocking = making fun of
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His wild laughter mocked the world and everyone he had ever known.
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mocked = made fun of
- And had this teacher just mocked me for that? (source)
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He's not trying to mock you, he's trying to be polite.
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mock = make fun of
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But there'd been no mockery in his voice.
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mockery = ridicule (teasing or making fun of)
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Ralph heard the mockery and hated Jack.
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mockery = disrespectful teasing
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making a mockery of human attempts at high strategy
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mockery = something that appears ridiculous
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The mockery dripped from her voice like poison.
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mockery = ridicule (to make fun of)
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But their mocking laughter had caused a twinge of…what? Embarrassment? Shame? Princesses didn't like to be made fun of any more than ordinary people.
(source)mocking = insulting
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There were shadows all around me, laughing, jerking, mocking.
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mocking = ridiculing (making fun of)
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watched me with a little mocking smile
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mocking = ridiculing
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(When she speaks to him, her voice has become a very gentle tease)
RUTH: (Mocking; as she thinks he would say it) Oh, Mama makes me so mad sometimes, I don't know what to do! (source)mocking = imitating to make fun of
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It's a terrible sin for a son to mock his father with jokes like that.
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mock = make fun of
- for if he had, how could he dare to mock him? (source)
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Boyle did not catch the tone of mockery, and answered earnestly,
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mockery = ridicule
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Angel's face, framed in the headguard, bobbed up, mocking him.
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mocking = making fun of
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He mocked the priest's voice.
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mocked = imitated to make fun of
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GEORGE: I will not be made mock of!
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mock = fun
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[...in mock Puerto Rican accent.]
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mock = ridiculous
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Mock me if you like, Siddhartha!
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mock = make fun of (ridicule)
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He stood aside and bowed her through the door with a mockery that made her wince.
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mockery = ridicule
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The lieutenant looked sharply up as if he thought he was being mocked.
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mocked = made fun of
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One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia, thinking they were alone, pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild, mocking, 'Ha, ha, ha.'
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mocking = ridiculing (making fun of)
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His mockery always hurt her; it was too near the reality.
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mockery = ridicule
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You mock at everything, and then suggest the most serious tragedies.
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mock = make fun of
- He dares to mock my nose? (source)
- Presently they began to taunt him and mock at him, purposely to goad him into a higher and still more entertaining fury. (source)
- Never one to let mockery or good judgment stand in my way, I proceeded to ask for suggestions.† (source)
- Wang's words were tinged with a hint of self-mockery.† (source)
- THE GLOW ON the horizon mocked me.† (source)
- He drew in the air a Greek letter, making clear the spelling of his mockery.† (source)
- This time, it wasn't even a mockery of a smile.† (source)
- On the trip to Holman, Tate was furious that McMillian had involved outside counsel; he mocked Walter for thinking it would make any difference.† (source)
- When he was twelve, another drifter—a girl twice his age—mocked him on the streets and attempted to steal his food.† (source)
- She hugged herself mockingly and flopped back onto the couch beside Luke.† (source)
- It made a silent mockery of Danny's boast that he would get a big tombstone if he died in Mercer House.† (source)
- Annie mocked.† (source)
- Classrooms, hallways, courtyard, lunchroom—everywhere I went I heard her disparaged, mocked, slurred.† (source)
- His voice rose mockingly, "Harold, you ought to do this!† (source)
- He wished he could tell them this without inviting their mockery or their pity.† (source)
- Harry looked mockingly all around the shop.† (source)
- Look: I have never mocked your belief—have I?† (source)
- She eyed him, searching for any sign of mockery.† (source)
- That does not mean I intend to endure your mockery.† (source)
- And she wouldn't lie to herself, either, and pretend she was any less awful than Matt when he mocked Peter or beat him up.† (source)
- I've been ridiculed, mocked, and screamed at until my ears rang.† (source)
- After my shooting exhibition, I still get teased some, but I no longer feel like I'm being mocked.† (source)
- She was being mocked, or she was being punished—she did not know which was worse.† (source)
- Typical teenager," he says mockingly.† (source)
- "I thought you were going into the shrine with Chielo," he mocked.† (source)
- "You wanna get out of this kitchen," the evil Jennifer mocked, "you gotta go through US!"† (source)
- It was a beautiful summer day, the sun wasn't too hot, and the walk didn't feel long either, as we chatted about all kinds of things, mocked and chased each other.† (source)
- His eyes mocked me.† (source)
- She wobbled her fingers in the air in mockery of her mother.† (source)
- The master mocks him.† (source)
- "You make it sound like we've been sending you out in lingerie," she said mockingly.† (source)
- Mockingly quoting the warrant: "For the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies."† (source)
- "I protest this mockery!" he roared, in a voice that silenced every whisper.† (source)
- They had no fear of being criticized by their bosses or arrested by the government for expressing themselves, even if they criticized or mocked the president.† (source)
- Would they be mocked or even punished for worshiping?† (source)
- What was it" — he paused, mockingly — "what was it that the collector said—you know, the art critic, the Frenchman, who rediscovered it?† (source)
- He looks at her teasingly, or mockingly, but never lovingly.† (source)
- I couldn't endure the mockery, or the disgrace, or the patriotic ridicule.† (source)
- Putting her hands on her hips, barely covering the garish flowers on the red print dress, she smiled mockingly.† (source)
- "Watch yours," she mocked.† (source)
- "Why indeed?" he replied mockingly.† (source)
- "And what might that be?" asked the Shade mockingly.† (source)
- It's humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked.† (source)
- Larry said mockingly.† (source)
- Don't fall in," he mocked.† (source)
- His own people mocked him!† (source)
- "Mockery is childish, Beatrice," she says.† (source)
- Ahead and slightly to the left, the brass yaw of the elevator stood mockingly open, inviting her to step in and take the ride of her life.† (source)
- Neither of us smiled mockingly, or mouthed small insulting nothings to the other.† (source)
- Marley had made a mockery of everything she preached about dogs and discipline; he had publicly humiliated her.† (source)
- The cobblestones mocked too.† (source)
- When Paul had made his speech on the Areopagos, we read in the Acts of the Apostles, some mocked him for what he said about the resurrection from the dead.† (source)
- Still, there was no mockery coming from his gaze.† (source)
- The last person who mocked me was a tax inspector.† (source)
- Although she had mocked the old woman, she also knew that Ivy was wise.† (source)
- There was no self-mockery in her voice.† (source)
- They mocked my style of dress and called me "Mrs. Gumbo."† (source)
- Opponents sometimes mocked the Fugees' accents during play, or else asked the players why they had a "girl," as they always seemed to put it, for a coach.† (source)
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mock as in: a mock trial
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Law students compete in a pretend court in a mock trial competition.
mock = not real
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- It is an exercise where the two divisions take part in a mock battle.
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She sat on the ground, soaking her foot in the marsh's brine, all the while moving her mouth: open, close, open, close, mocking yawns, chewing motions, anything to keep it from jamming up.
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mocking = pretend
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Papa held his hands up in mock-protest.
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mock = pretend (not real)
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The most important part of the mock wedding was jewelry.
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mock = not real
- "Israel does this, Israel does that," Baba would say in a mock-Arabic accent. (source)
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"What's wrong?" she said with mock sympathy.
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mock = not real (pretended in a fun way)
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"Let's think," said Ron in mock puzzlement.
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mock = pretend
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They still seemed playful, making mock attacks at Ellie.
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mock = pretend (not real)
- Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on: (source)
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I gave her a languorous, world-weary, faintly mocking smile.
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The pup bucked in mock surprise, as if he'd never seen this man before.
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mock = pretend (not real)
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There were mock fights.
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mock = not real (pretending)
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Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain.
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mock = pretend (not real)
- Day after day, in zero gravity, there are mock battles. (source)
- He made a face of mock horror. (source)
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"You ever stole a car?" he asked, choking a little.
"No, sorry," I said, regretting again my mousy admission.
"Never?" Mondo asked, in mock surprise. He turned sideways and raised an eyebrow at the guys. (source)
- A gasp of mock-fright from the children, then The Snow Queen began. (source)
- He swallowed, shaking his head in mock puzzlement. (source)
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How many times in the last year had he opened this door and found Wonderland, Alice, the Mock Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magical Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr. Doolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-appearing moon-all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world.
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mock = not real
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As a gag, one of the Herman Miller staffers put a picture of the chair on the mock-up cover of a supermarket tabloid, with the headline CHAIR OF DEATH: EVERYONE WHO SITS IN IT DIES and made it the cover of one of the early Aeron research reports.†
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mock-up = a model or layout (not real)
- On September 9, 1959, I read that NASA had launched a mock-up of a Mercury manned capsule aboard a Big Joe rocket.† (source)
- It was the tow-fish, a mock-up of an underwater sonar device.† (source)
- You seen the mock-up?† (source)
- One minute she was gazing at a mock-up of a space capsule, safely surrounded by old, somnolent men; the next, alone in a great, fluorescent murmur of office activity.† (source)
- On the opposite wall, with several of the larger ones set up on frames before it, was a display of marine skeletons accompanied by colored sketches of the fully fleshed and finned versions, ranging from tiny spinefish to a dolphin, along with a full-sized mock-up of a shark, which I determined to come back and compare a little more carefully on my own time.† (source)
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Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
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mock = pretend (not real)
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For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
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mock = not real
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The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter and real terror came from the beach.
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mock = pretend (not real)
- I laughed at the mock enthusiasm in his voice. (source)
- Presently they were all jabbing at Robert who made mock rushes. (source)
- He shook his head in mock, exaggerated admiration. (source)
- He staged mock wars after the first week, savage affairs in the practice room that left everybody exhausted. (source)
- Rudy placed the lantern on the counter and came toward her in mock-anger, and Liesel had to admit that a nervousness started gripping her. (source)
- When she tired of that she began parading in front of the dogs, whipping a piece of twine back and forth in her mouth and mock-pouncing. (source)
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The younger Halliday gazes down at the corpse of his older self with mock sadness, then turns to address the assembled mourners.
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mock = pretended (not real)
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The last of the mock oranges have dropped their blossoms, leaving the grass strewn with white confetti.
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mock = a "mock orange" is a type of shrub with blossoms that smell like orange blossoms
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"We don't use that kind of language around here," she said, mock-primly, while raking the discard pile over.
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mock = pretend (not real)
- There was no enemy yet, so he divided them into two armies and began a mock battle, commanding both sides so he could control the test that each of his leaders was going through. (source)
- He shook his head in mock horror. (source)
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I spoke with a rental agent in a chat room, and he showed me around a virtual mock-up of my new digs.
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mock-up = model (not a real one)
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Because Embry was clearly the thinner gray wolf with the dark spots on his back, who sat so patiently watching, while Quil — deep chocolate brown, lighter over his face — twitched constantly, looking like he was dying to join in the mock fight.
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mock = pretend (not real)
- He clenches his fist and mock-scowls. (source)
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During the contest, students would explore a mock-up of the submarine in a swimming pool.†
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mock-up = a model or layout (not real)
- Kneeling down to look at the mock-up, I studied the door leading into the guesthouse.† (source)
- This is nice," he said, leaning over it to look closely at the mock-up.† (source)
- I found the mock-up of Bin Laden's compound just outside the doors to the main briefing room.† (source)
- The level of detail on the mock-up was impressive.† (source)
- Says he's got a mock-up of the Christmas wish-book on his desk, pups on the inside of the front cover and everything.† (source)
- The contest would feature a mock-up of the submarine in a pool on the University of California, Santa Barbara, campus.† (source)
- It would be the perfect tool to complete two of their mission tasks: they had to recover the U-boat captain's bell and retrieve a "towfish," a mock-up of a sonar device that would be lying on the pool bottom.† (source)
- Just like on the mock-up and pictures, there was a set of metal double doors with windows at the top.† (source)
- From my perch, sitting legs blowing in the breeze just outside the left door of the helicopter, I could see the life-size mock-up of Bin Laden's compound.† (source)
- He knew how to work his level and had a good handle on the politics in D.C. We were about to execute what was called a "rock drill," and everything from helicopter flight paths to the mock-up of the compound was present on the floor.† (source)
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"Let's see," says Guarino closing his folder in mock excitement.
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mock = pretend
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I shall be told that the jousts of Suero de Quinones, him of the 'Paso,' and the emprise of Mosen Luis de Falces against the Castilian knight, Don Gonzalo de Guzman, were mere mockeries; as well as many other achievements of Christian knights of these and foreign realms, which are so authentic and true, that, I repeat, he who denies them must be totally wanting in reason and good sense.
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mockeries = fakes
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- Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking.† (source)
- The Bird watched Louie, amused by his suffering, mocking him.† (source)
- It had gotten so that any time he asked a question, they launched into mock-sign while some wise guy leaned over and whispered, "He says he didn't do it."† (source)
- The pope's tone was mocking.† (source)
- The flames on the grill roared up again, and he recoiled in mock fear.† (source)
- I felt like this inflatable Lincoln was mocking me.† (source)
- Aron, standing nearby, raises his cup in a mock toast.† (source)
- Martha shook her head in mock seriousness.† (source)
- I don't know if they were intentionally tormenting her, but she felt like they were—they were kind of mocking the fact that she couldn't be there with them.† (source)
- Peter says, giving me a look of mock sympathy—his lips turned down, his arched eyebrows pulled in.† (source)
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- Because whatever mocking was to come, it was to come.† (source)
- All she could see in the darkness was Dr. Cable's mocking smile.† (source)
- She would mock her for her mistaken ambitions.† (source)
- He had this way of talking where you could never quite be sure that he wasn't mocking you.† (source)
- Seven o'clock, Greenie," Newt said with a mocking smile.† (source)
- If only Rémy had not revealed himself, Teabing thought ruefully, recalling his own mock kidnapping.† (source)
- No need for a mocking tone, Lucille.† (source)
- He squinted into a mock pout, which made me crack up.† (source)
- "I'm afraid he won't be a teacher much longer," said Malfoy in a tone of mock sorrow.† (source)
- Bod followed it up the hill to the Egyptian Walk, where the winter ivy hung in green tumbles, an evergreen tangle that hid the mock-Egyptian walls and statues and hieroglyphs.† (source)
- She made a mocking face for emphasis.† (source)
- Kaede flips her hair at the audience and strikes a mock pose for them, which makes them go wild.† (source)
- Chablis turned away with a mock pout.† (source)
- In the spirit of mock inquisition, we called the subject the "victim."† (source)
- They were mocking me, so I mocked them: I hoped I could find more cartoons that would help me.† (source)
- I looked at Tino to see if he was mocking me.† (source)
- Vic thought it too fancy a word to be proper, and soon had gotten the entire table laughing and saying "enjoyable" in mocking tones until Reynie had finally excused himself without dessert and retreated here.† (source)
- He activated her account, gave her a mock-salute, and left.† (source)
- All afternoon, the three children had sat and worried in the Reptile Room, under the mocking stare of Stephano and the oblivious—the word "oblivious" here means "not aware that Stephano was really Count Olaf and thus being in a great deal of danger"—chatter of Uncle Monty.† (source)
- I know you're upset; I'm not mocking you.† (source)
- The teeth seemed to mock whatever he said.† (source)
- Celaena gave him a mocking smile, and then returned her attention to the prince.† (source)
- The Other said something in a language that Will did not know; his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking.† (source)
- And —" Henrik was grinning at her, shaking his head in mock dismay.† (source)
- Don't get up for me," Ben said in a horrible, mocking, angry-yet-hurt voice Emily had never heard before.† (source)
- Teacup, the one who screamed the loudest during mock charges in the yard.† (source)
- Turning a look of mock shock on me, "You don't mean to infer that I talked too much!† (source)
- She would be well aware of the extent of her self-mythologizing, and she gave her account a self-mocking, or mock-heroic tone.† (source)
- "Aii-ya," she exclaims in a mock scolding voice.† (source)
- It was like an ironic smile, on that finger; like something mocking her.† (source)
- We all laughed, as we knew he was mocking Musa for adding some details to the tale.† (source)
- 0 God of Vehicular Justire, why dost thou mock me?† (source)
- I raise my cup in a mock toast and wash the gritty flavor from my mouth with my tea.† (source)
- Baz asked in mock horror when I grumbled all this to him.† (source)
- I let the tears of mock defeat stream down my face as she storms out of the kitchen, seemingly satisfied with herself.† (source)
- According to Dr. Erland, she wasn't actually a shell, and she wondered if the woman was making that insult up to mock her.† (source)
- There are boys who might jeer at you and mock you on the street but even they have to be careful because the day will come when the master hits and slaps them and they have to keep the tears behind their eyes or be disgraced forever.† (source)
- Isabel widened her eyes in mock surprise, so that she looked like an owl with a makeup addiction.† (source)
- Was she mocking him?† (source)
- FRANCIS, with a mocking, half—hearted laugh: For murder, she's charged!† (source)
- "You will mock the Lord's assembly with such frippery," he roared.† (source)
- His lips were set in a mocking smile.† (source)
- Rodney was nodding, and I thought there was something a little bit mocking around the edges of his smile.† (source)
- "Oh, ma'am!" said Jose, stepping in the hallway, wagging his head in the mock-serious way he had.† (source)
- He mocked himself to forestall the mocking comments of anti-semites.† (source)
- If you only knew, Kitty, how I seethe when they scold and mock me.† (source)
- Now the words mock him.† (source)
- Ammu looked at herself in the long mirror on the bathroom door and the specter of her future appeared in it to mock her.† (source)
- It was fierce, mocking talk, with only a trace of envy or awe, but even so the image played itself out behind their eyes.† (source)
- The Kommandos lifted their heads at the sound and in mocking parody of the soldiers marched over to the wall.† (source)
- He turned and fled up the corridor, Artemis Fowl's mocking tones carrying down the metal funnel.† (source)
- They sparred with mock swords while the food cooked.† (source)
- I would drag her, caveman-style, to a town she had aggressively avoided, and make her live in the kind of house she used to mock.† (source)
- He held the door for me, his smile polite but his eyes mocking.† (source)
- Mameha made a mock-angry face.† (source)
- I thought he would laugh or throw up his arm in mock surrender like he did when I beat him in an argument.† (source)
- That afternoon, as the anticipation increased, as Mr. and Mrs. Avalon tied sparkling strips of cloth onto each other's face and as they puckered their lips in mock kisses, lips destined "never again to meet," as one long breathless article put it, the wind rose, miles off, wrapped itself into a cone, and howled.† (source)
- "That Watson," Hallorann said, shaking his head in mock sorrow.† (source)
- Sadly, I can't," he smirked in a mock-serious voice.† (source)
- His mouth locked in a wide, mocking grin, his eyes seemed to be staring right at Kris.† (source)
- The Mogadarian laughs, a nasty, mocking laugh.† (source)
- "The police station?" he asks, in mock amazement.† (source)
- A sickly, mocking smile flickered across his face.† (source)
- She looked at him in mock surprise.† (source)
- Nor is Burgess using Alex to denigrate or mock Jesus.† (source)
- I brought him his cup of coffee, thick with sugar, and watched him look around in mock consternation.† (source)
- The pirates note his interest and mug for him, pointing to the scalps, nodding, looking back at him with wide, mocking eyes The colors look much too uniform-no change in the red from one to the next.† (source)
- The leader grinned, half cynical, half mocking.† (source)
- It's soft, friendly, he isn't mocking me.† (source)
- And then, without a backward glance, he left the shop, the jangling of the bell mocking him as he closed the door.† (source)
- Apparently realizing they were safe, they began mocking us like a bunch of juvenile delinquents.† (source)
- Her voice was slightly mocking.† (source)
- He had, as he often did, an amused expression in his bright eyes, not mocking, but as though he saw the humor in things, and this in turn amused her and made her warm to him.† (source)
- Free to mock your King?† (source)
- The place was intimidating: names on the wall, gigantic indoor pool, mock door of an H-3 helicopter, and SAR instructors in their shorts and blue T-shirts.† (source)
- "Supposed to what?" he said, and there was that look again, half mocking me, and I felt woozy under all those lights, like I might fall down.† (source)
- "I would happen to know that," he said, mocking me, "because I'm in a position to know.† (source)
- The climax of the show was the "Attack on a Settler's Cabin," during which Indians who once had slaughtered soldiers and civilians alike staged a mock attack on a cabin full of white settlers, only to be vanquished yet again by Buffalo Bill and a company of cowboys firing blanks.† (source)
- Since the air force had staged its mock attack the Soviets had been acting like sheep.† (source)
- She shakes her head with mock pity.† (source)
- When Jeremiah come home, he would start mocking Jeremiah.† (source)
- 'Why would you do that?' he asked with mock alarm.† (source)
- Mocking me.† (source)
- He grinned at her and dropped a half-apologetic, half-mocking shrug.† (source)
- "Poor Mama," Rebeca would say with mock indignation, seeing Ursula yawn during the boredom of the visits.† (source)
- I happened to have scored in the end zone designated as the LSU student seating area, and so I took the liberty of celebrating with my teammates right there, all of us jumping around for just a while for the benefit of our mockers.† (source)
- Lemry looks around the room in mock exaggeration.† (source)
- The right side of the guy's lips inched up, turning a grim line into a mocking smirk.† (source)
- And his voice didn't sound like Felix's; it was high and mocking, like a clown's.† (source)
- Piter touched finger to forelock in his mocking salute.† (source)
- From another, distanced mind, I saw myself sitting on the breezeway, surrounded by two white clapboard walls, a mock orange bush and a clump of birches and a box hedge, small as a doll in a doll's house.† (source)
- She pronounced her Ps as y's, mocking Areida's accent.† (source)
- I ask with mock innocence.† (source)
- Horchow told this story with a gentle, self-mocking air.† (source)
- He was smiling, too, but a mocking smile, like he sure didn't envy my predicament.† (source)
- She puts her hands on her hips like our mom does, mock-offended, sticking her nose in the air.† (source)
- I cried back, mocking him.† (source)
- It was a beautiful morning when the yucca buds were opening and the mocking birds were singing on the hill that my uncle Pedro drove up.† (source)
- Four smiling, mocking, threatening men remained in the drawing room.† (source)
- Life in the end seemed a prank of such size you could only stand off at this end of the corridor to note its meaningless length and its quite unnecessary height, a mountain built to such ridiculous immensities you were dwarfed in its shadow and mocking of its pomp.† (source)
- "Go away," he almost said, because lately it was only kids come to mock him.† (source)
- "I've been wondering," I said, appraising him with mock concern.† (source)
- She worked her hips in a mock rotation, and the men all laughed.† (source)
- They would punish me by mocking themselves.† (source)
- Standing in the center of the room, she might mock her nakedness with a small, cruel joke.† (source)
- Mari asks in mock horror, smiling.† (source)
- He spoke with self-mocking intentness and a faint familiar accent that reminded David of his father's voice, low and melodic.† (source)
- Hard to say if it was mocking or friendly.† (source)
- Mostly because I was always too busy mocking how mushy they were.† (source)
- They sang exuberantly and with a mocking tone.† (source)
- Cure the Great Sore of Colonialism—(Loftily, mocking it) with the Penicillin of Independence—!† (source)
- The assertion of racial beauty was not a reaction to the self-mocking, humorous critique of cultural/racial foibles common in all groups, but against the damaging internalization of assumptions of immutable inferiority originating in an outside gaze.† (source)
- Mahabouba has light chocolate skin and frizzy hair that she ties back; today, she tells her story easily, for the most part, occasionally punctuated with self-mocking laughter, but there are moments when the old pain shines through in her eyes.† (source)
- Graham's face took on an expression of mock horror.† (source)
- Lanier paused near the witness chair, spread his arms wide in mock disbelief, and asked loudly, "Are we to believe she was not thinking about money?† (source)
- He's totally mocking me, he knows it and I know it.† (source)
- Her voice is full of curiosity and amusement at this cleansing and she makes mock cries of alarm at my dirtiness.† (source)
- A hyena's coughing in the distance seemed to mock them both.† (source)
- I lower my voice to a mock whisper.† (source)
- Suspicious, like I might be mocking him.† (source)
- They mock themselves and glorify their betters.† (source)
- He raised his eyebrows in mock surprise.† (source)
- And he threw her a look over his bowed shoulders that was a perfect imitation of the mock humility that they used on white people.† (source)
- It seemed to mock her, to make her feel that she was cheating Bob of something, though it was not easy to say what.† (source)
- The guy hooked his thumbs in his pockets to mock McMurphy.† (source)
- I swat at one of the little winged beasts, but it escapes and I can almost swear I hear it mocking me.† (source)
- The sound, mocking and cruel, came faintly to his ears, as though muffled by sand or sacking.† (source)
- With a mock gurgle, Fox sank underwater.† (source)
- Shocked into a sort of mock adulthood, I said, "What?"† (source)
- Mr. Taylor offers a mock frown, now standing over the boy, eyes wide, brows arched.† (source)
- While Adam mastered land navigation through the woods, Kelley memorized grocery store aisles for quick in-and-out missions; as he skillfully blew up an enemy bunker, she deftly changed a "blown-out" diaper; he evaded a mock enemy, while she dodged projectile vomit.† (source)
- As soon as I saw him I understood that the Monkey and the Tarkaan had set him there to slay any who came in if he were not in their secrets: so that this man also was a liar and a mocker and no true servant of Tash.† (source)
- she exclaimed, raising her eyebrows in mock surprise.† (source)
- He didn't sing Don't Fence Me In out of protest, as if tryingquietly to mock the authorities.† (source)
- I still cautioned Nora regularly that today might be the day she drowned, and she laughed nervously at my mock-threats.† (source)
- Now he was mocking us, and the victims.† (source)
- He turned back with a mock-guilty grin but it was wasted because the kid still didn't look at him.† (source)
- I he woman's eyes flicker, and for a moment, I think she's mocking me.† (source)
- The Marine burst into laughter, mocking me.† (source)
- The girls had tired of mocking Momma and turned to other means of agitation.† (source)
- "Do you submit, Grahn?" called Prusias in a mocking tone.† (source)
- But Frankel smiled, warm, not mocking.† (source)
- She raised her eyebrows and the corners of her mouth turned down in a questioning mocking way.† (source)
- 'I don't know,' confessed Clevinger, with a trace of mock concern.† (source)
- But there was one swarthy Bree-lander, who stood looking at them with a knowing and half-mocking expression that made them feel very uncomfortable.† (source)
- They worked with dry-land mock-ups here; steep wooden walls covered with netting.† (source)
- Its meniscus jiggles, mocking me.† (source)
- It was as if they were mocking the oversize, heavily padded ballplayers.† (source)
- Rico puckered his lips, sending a mock kiss in Lila's direction.† (source)
- He put his hand on the mock prisoner's shoulder.† (source)
- The move may have helped feed the poor or fight cancer, but it brought on years of mocking from the East Coast teams.† (source)
- He raised his wing in a mock salute.† (source)
- As if in answer, one of the crew dropped a heavy spare mast bracing on Charles's foot, then picked it up and tipped his hat in mock apology before passing through to the cabin.† (source)
- Shakily I begin to walk along the pavement, looking away from the mocking window displays.† (source)
- Adams instinctively disliked Bancroft, thought him a gossip, found his habitual mocking of Christianity offensive, thought him dishonest and rightly suspected him of using inside information to profit on the London stock market.† (source)
- My sisters used to mock me mercilessly every time I tried to put a two-piece on, back in my pre-weight-loss days.† (source)
- I can't decide which is worse, angry dad Josh Bennett or sarcastic, mocking Josh Bennett.† (source)
- "Even now you mock me," Unferth whispered.† (source)
- His voice became a slow, soft drawl, as if to mock the urgency of the rector's.† (source)
- Then he wagged his finger at Tamar in mock severity.† (source)
- My father mouthed the word in mock horror.† (source)
- Mock up charges-not traceable to us, of course.† (source)
- Raffe's mocking tone brings a flush to my cheeks for no reason.† (source)
- It was for a laugh, for a laugh, all the kids had laughed and laughed, and the droll tuba player of the old Elk's band had rendered it solo on his helical horn; with comical flourishes and doleful phrasing, "Boo boo boo booooo, Poor Robin clean"—a mock funeral dirge ....But who was Robin and for what had he been hurt and humiliated?† (source)
- My mother is not humorous, not like the girl at the end who lifts her mocking chin to pose like Girl Graduate.† (source)
- Many great rabbis came to mock him and went away converted to his way of thinking.† (source)
- He puts his hand over his mouth and in a mock aside says to Sylvia, "You know, most of the time he seems like such a normal guy."† (source)
- Her eyes rolled with mock alarm and her hands quickly hid one side of her chest.† (source)
- Stillman gives a mocking nod, turning up the volume on the radio.† (source)
- Inspired by the TV show Law and Order, Rittenberg cofounded his school's Mock Trial Club.† (source)
- "I was so looking forward to my next visit," he said with mock chagrin, and, chuckling, people returned to their conversations.† (source)
- She eyed him with a mock angry expression.† (source)
- She saw Francisco's mocking glance again, across the net of a tennis court.† (source)
- "Yeah, the Great Cosmic All is guiding our steps," Christopher said, mock-serious.† (source)
- "You know what must happen now," he said with mock sadness.† (source)
- At least I'm smart enough not to mock God.† (source)
- "The boy, Wulfgar?" he asked in mock disbelief.† (source)
- But I could get back to sleep after one of those mock exercises at once; I had learned to sleep any place, any time — sitting up, standing up, even marching in ranks.† (source)
- "Clay!" echoes Stephen, in a high girly mocking voice.† (source)
- Roarke gave a mock shudder.† (source)
- I thought, too, that he was mocking me with his mouth, which lay slack, agape.† (source)
- Euridice asked, nasty and mocking.† (source)
- I don't think they do respect us, I think they make a mock and a sham of us.† (source)
- 'The other kind is the worst,' he snapped, 'it is the Devil mocking the true image.† (source)
- She put her arm around me in mock comfort, but I pushed it off, and ignored her.† (source)
- NICK: He will not be made mock of, for Christ's sake.† (source)
- Pilar was only ten years old and already mocking everything.† (source)
- ANITA [mocking] With our hearts openCONSUELO Our arms open† (source)
- Some of the men wave white handkerchiefs, mocking the Confederates, jeering that they should surrender.† (source)
- Merle said he kept a switchblade in his scratched-up mock-leather boot, and since he was a Hucks, nobody had a reason to doubt it.† (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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Mock Bisque, Perch a la Provencale, Chicken a la Providence — on it came, one course after another, unrolling in an inevitable procession, like a tidal wave, or doom.
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mock = a way of preparing food
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High above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging from the shrill kee, kee of the sunflower bird to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament of Poor Will, Poor Will, Poor Will.
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mocker = a mockingbird
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The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.
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mockers = mockingbirds
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Mock-vater!
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mock = rare meaning
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