Sentences with phrase «good mockery of»

I laughed, because I though it was a good mockery of the ridiculous arguments that get posited.

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But no sooner had it done so than reality made a mockery of the new target as well.

But if we let our heritage slip from our hands, if we do not understand what we are, then Lincoln's great words about us, words we find it hard to understand in these closing years of the twentieth century — that we are «the last best hope of earth» — will in the end be nothing but a mockery, a sarcastic epithet for a fallen republic.

Likewise, the mockeries of these godless and ungodly against the goodly who do themselves believe upon godly importance the goodly ones may well live on to pass all and onto every generation's aged continuations.

I wouldn't even consider that now, of course, (as it would be an unintended mockery) but I still think Biblical literacy is good for literary purposes in general and critical for anyone who claims to base their lives on the book.

Good point abot the mockery being made of the crucifixion and offending the deepest senseibilities of thoe faithful who gathered.

The mockeries of these godless and ungodly against the goodly who do themselves believe upon godly importance may well live on past all and onto every generation's aged endings.

The life of Jesus had proved to be a catastrophic mockery: one of those great ironical jokes that history sometimes plays with the best of men.

Thus his being numbered among the transgressors, as well as his refreshment with a drink (or perhaps it was an attempt to benumb his senses, Mark 15:23), the casting of lots for his garments, and also the mockery of those who passed by — all these details are understood as evidence of the will of God.

inappropriate and irrelevant statistics that do more harm then good for arsenal before the game trying to make a mockery of our club.

There's some general mockery of Jeter as well as questions about his capabilities, which is always a good time as long as it doesn't get too mean.

Well that makes a mockery of resting players as Bellerin was terrible Sanches ordinary, Ozil I can't make him out 42mill for what, he is overrated.

the fact any kind of comparison can be made to our best player makes a complete mockery of the nonsense United received for buying Martial.

His relentless experimentation with personnel and formations was widely blamed for United's failure to perform, and was ripe for social media mockery, but his refusal to rule out any options is perhaps what helped him get the best out of his soldiers in battle.

Does it help you sleep better by telling yourself that the death is horrible while you're making a mockery of a grieving mother and her loss?

He said: «We advise Fayemi and his APC engineers to stop making a mockery of themselves over the Ekiti election with their lies and even more lies against the Nigerian state and its symbol, President Goodluck Jonathan» and added that «we, in the PDP, have a candidate who is performing and has done well for the South - West to merit a second term».

«This act is unpatriotic and a slap on the good image of our people and a mockery on the plight of Kogi State civil servants and civil servants across the country who are suffering the same fate due to dwindling economic situation nationwide.

The humongous shopping bags, as well as the lurid florals and overall air of chap - turned - luxe nodded at the street markets where poor people shop and that gave the outing the frisson of political incorrectness, like Demna was making a giant mockery of the house, and all the rest.

This game makes a mockery of the original golden axe arcade classic, whilst it has features adapted to a modern game which are meant to draw you back to the good old days with that beautiful chuckle of nostalgia they are few and far between and were executed with so much more style and entertainment 25 years ago when golden axe graced lives.

Showing up Evan by making him a mockery in front of his family, friends, and comrades gives him a good laugh at his expense, although I suppose it does announce to the world as to his existence if he makes good on his flood promise.

Spoof - movie vets Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, whose credits include cinematic mockeries «Disaster Movie» and «Meet the Spartans», are back with «The Starving Games» a cheeky satire of... well, you know.

While «Hello, My Name is Doris» does not always avoid those issues — its gentle mockery of hipster Brooklyn treads too unsteadily a line between satire and being the movie «Juno,» and its ending is too indecisive, trying to have things both ways — it has an ace up its sleeve that so many of those movies could only wish for: Its title role is played by two - time Oscar winner Sally Field, and boy is she good in it.

Between Becca saying cheesy one - liners about the art of filmmaking and her brother trying to do his best at making a mockery out of rap music, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

Surely if this wins Best Picture it makes a mockery out of the fact Affleck didn't even get a nom for directing?

Though Wiseau is portrayed as a crazy person (and the movie may well be downplaying genuine mental illness), Franco engages so lightly with any really troubling or discomforting ideas that his movie contains no real danger of mockery.

And some say not having a good neighborhood school makes a mockery of «choice» to begin with.

Frustration wells up as the tick - tick - tick of hazard lights persist in metronomic mockery.

The about - face, which makes a mockery of some of the German carmaker's earlier advertising campaigns, has been driven by the need to reduce production costs, as well as provide competitive packaging for a new generation of small cars.

Instead, the voice he heard sounded nasally and pinched and, worse, not very well educated, as if he were a bumpkin who had been called, perhaps even in mockery, to testify about holy things, as if not the testimony but the fumbling through it were the reason for his presence in front of some dire, heavenly senate.

Likewise with their deafening roars and mockery and the tossing from the city walls of burning balls of pitch and sulfur onto the masses below simply extends the misery of the populace within besieged Mordor, which can only end with Orcs eating Orcs, which is a rather nasty way to go for both the eater and the eatee (Orc flesh tastes rather like rancid over cooked mule meat with vomit sauce... but not as good).

Real life has a way of throwing the proverbial monkey wrench into well - laid plans and making a mockery of projections.

In addition, its creativity, good food and touch of self - mockery, are all part of what makes Brussels so unique.

Considering that The Legend of Zelda's only other franchise comparison for voiceover involved a series of games known and parodied the world over as little more than a mockery, I was well aware that any voiceover in another Zelda game would be closely scrutinized and critiqued just on principle; I was determined to not let that happen again with such an important entry in the franchise, no matter how much time and effort it took.

In comparison to other RPGs, which despite its constant mockery Stick of Truth is still trying to be, there's not a wealth of equipment to play with and it's generally very obvious which item is best to use, but in the game's defense the selection available works well with the overall design of the game.

The whistle - blowing sheepdog Bitzer, the plain, unassuming Farmer and the clumsy, daft sheep that make up the rest of the Flock provide plenty of comic situations, while the Naughty Pigs» mockery, cruelty and scheming make for a good foil.

That is, a lot of mockery, cursing, sniping, and general chaos — making it one of the best podcasts ever.

With their strange shapes, soulless eyes, and exaggerated smiles, these re-imaginings of the human form make a mockery of all that is good and holy in humanity.

While the creators may be masters of mimicry and mockery, managing to pull off an actual sincere role - playing game was so daring that Parker and Stone could have failed at it utterly and the reaction would have been «Yeah, well, that's understandable.»

Titles allude to Edward Kienholz and Albert Pinkham Ryder, in a spirit of tribute as well as mockery.

Without naming the artist, he singled out Damien Hirst's most famous work, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - better known as the stuffed shark - for mockery.

Given the different uncertainties though, adding these two numbers is misleading — since the errors on 14.57 ºC would be ± 0.5 ºC as well, making a bit of a mockery of the last couple of significant figures.

At best, they are mockery of religious prophecies or eschatology; at worst, they are a fraud.

Jim D == > From the essay: «Out in today's world of U.S. Two - Party Politics — an Alice - in - Wonderland-esque landscape being repainted daily in the «news» and «social» media — a lot of ill - mannered, Queen - of - Hearts - style nonsense is being churned out by turning this perfectly good and useful idea — alternative facts — into a mockery of truth - finding — turning Truth into an one - word oxymoron.»

As a brilliant earth scientist — until 1998 he was head of the geology department at James Cook University in Australia — he understood perfectly well that on the geological scale our planet has experienced shifts in climate of a magnitude so vast as to make a mockery of the notion that humans can influence or control it.

Recent estimates of SLR over this period of 1.1 to 1.2 mm / yr, that better align with integral constraints, are substantially lower that the AR5 values, make a mockery of the very likely likelihood.

To do otherwise is to make a mockery of the educational principles of good schools like Uni High, and to do the public a grave disservice.»

Many of the most well - known cases of parodic and transformative use involve sexualization and often mockery of women's (or dolls») bodies.

The iPhone X notch trend is spreading like wildfire, defying initial mockery from a number of Apple rivals, as well as skepticism expressed by a significant part of the Cupertino company's extensive fanbase.