Sentences with phrase «use mockery»

Some people only use mockery or use it far too often, I do agree it can be a fine line.

Not really Jim, not if you need to use mockery to get your point across and still apparently not have that person recognise your point years later.

The movie knows what its clichés are and uses mockery to avoid most of them.

Not exact matches

A suggestion: use the ritual of April Fool's day to make a mockery of something closer to home for you: white male Christian privilege.

He has responded to the growing pressure by apologising for breaking the party's pledge not to raise tuition fees under any circumstances — prompting a mixture of mockery and admiration online — and using the Brighton conference to push for fairer taxes in negotiations with the Conservatives.

He says the groups have «become a mockery» and are used as a backdoor way around the state's contribution limits.

It is no accident that the executive, and Zuma in particular, were able to use parliament to make a mockery of citizens» concerns and the constitution.

There, he ate pizza using a fork and a knife, drawing widespread mockery on Twitter.

Cuomo says while we can't overturn the ruling right away without changes to the Court, New York can act to make sure that super PACS really are independent, which he says have «become a mockery» and are used as a backdoor way around the state's contribution limits.

«The de Blasio administration is making a mockery out of what used to be a useful accountability measure.

David Cameron faced mockery and derision in the Commons this lunchtime, after Ed Miliband used the government's alcohol pricing U-turn to pour scorn on his rival's leadership.

Cuomo says while we can't overturn the ruling right away without changes to the court, New York can act to make sure that SuperPACS really are independent, which he says have «become a mockery» and are used as a backdoor way around the state's contribution limits.

«I think he was somewhat making a mockery of the election process with a used - car salesman,» Ganim said of Finch.

Cuomo says while we can't overturn the ruling right away without changes to the court, New York can act to make sure that super PACs really are independent, which he says have «become a mockery» and are used as a back door way around the state's contribution limits.

Just one of those excesses is the wasteful use of energy, which if repeated would leave the country under a pall of filthy brown - coal smoke and make a mockery of any idea of restricting the world's output of carbon dioxide.

Prior to this, three distinct languages were spoken by the Britons Campaign groups say lack of use of language in Senedd makes mockery of goal of a million Welsh speakers by 2050

But if the filmmakers sometimes indulge in easy mockery of the South and its people, they also deliberately subvert such glibness through their brilliant and entirely sincere use of American folk music.

At first, they just seem like assholes — the targets of their mockery rarely deserve it, and their casual use of derogatory language is shocking by today's standards.

Also, Disagreed due to the «but but but» mockery, it's thoroughly obnoxious and makes whoever uses it look pretty stupid.

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.

An example in the latter category would be John Currin, whose freewheeling use of historical tropes would render him vulnerable were it not for the armor of sarcasm and mockery he wears.

With gentle mockery and sharp intellect, Julian Opie uses painting, printmaking, sculpture, film and light installations to reinterpret familiar objects, and illustrate how modernist concepts and forms have been assimilated into the lexicon of everyday life.

A characteristic thing of his mockery is that he uses this very complex modern devise, the hologram — I don't know whether you saw those holograms of Bruce Nauman's?

Many prefer the use of diversionary tactics such as mockery of those who ask honest questions.

While I've used sarcasm, mockery, and snark at times, I do think that in general it's best to assume that there is some reason for people feeling the way they do on particular issues.

I have heard global warming apologists use Greenland as a simplistic example for why warming is a natural process, but their inability to critically examine their own position makes a mockery of their arguments.

The member states» Operational Programmes, proposed for the 2007 - 2013 period, make a mockery of the EU's commitments to use regional aid to tackle climate change and promote sustainable energy.

Sixthly, all the great movers of the Renaissance were esotericists to a man (or woman)-- a fact that modern Academia would dearly like to ignore; the evidence is generally somewhat hidden as the Church of that time (like academia and science today) tended to fear and punish those who touched esoteric realities, using classical tools of mockery and misrepresentation.

I was inviting you to extrapolate on my «light touch» statements, using, as I remarked, your «on ground knowledge» of the subject... but all we get is derision and mockery, backed up by the usual «stenographers»... I must say, that as someone who claims to have three degrees from high - esteemed universities, Debbie... you dissapoint....

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

Using the Companies Act, s 221 to get the BAe deal into court and thereby create an illusion that somehow the deal has been approved by a judge makes a mockery of our criminal justice system.

The Awl — A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage — Willy Staley — A fairly serious piece using the price of hogs to explain why this «mockery... of barbeque» comes and goes in the US market the way it does.

One joker may diffuse a tense situation by making everyone laugh together over shared experience, while another seeks personal comfort, using «humor» to escape by creating distance rather than overcoming it (see: the long, lonely, and foolish road spanning defensiveness, condescension, and contemptuous mockery).

Some examples of displays of contempt include when a person uses sarcasm, cynicism, name - calling, eye - rolling, sneering, mockery, and hostile humor.