Sentences with 'mocking'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mocking and other words derived from it.
• « Supposedly, the word barbarian comes from the Greeks mocking the sound of the non-Greek languages: "bar-bar-bar-bar-bar-bar". »
• « Medieval and early medieval literature is absolutely replete with satirical writings mocking immoral priests, and depictions of hell almost always showed priests, monks and nuns burning alongside nobles and merchants. »
• « Galileo was tried by the Inquisition in 1633, in part because his former patron, Pope Urban VIII, thought Galileo had been mocking him personally by naming the imaginary defender of the Ptolemaic view "Stupid". »
• « His small office, crammed with books and with a mocking sign on the door that reads: "Please keep quiet, the boss is asleep", is equipped with a computer that doubles as a "blackboard" and word processor and can be operated by just two levers. »