mock
verb (used with object)
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
are mocking
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present progressiveof mock.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Korean company and its devotees are mocking Apple for hyping a product they’ve had for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
"I'm in distress. People are mocking me and making fun of me online, without realising none of this had been done with my consent."
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Twitter users are mocking former president Donald Trump following his latest Truth Social post, Huffpost reports.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2023
The suspicion that artists, intellectuals and academics are mocking us, cloaking subversion in obscure language, remains a vital form of paranoia in American cultural life.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
“They are mocking me to my face, making a show of how powerless I am to stop them.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
