make sport of
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Even so, it isn’t always clear which gestures in the film should be taken seriously, and which make sport of the genre’s masculine posturing while offering an allegory about a birth mother’s sacrifice.
From New York Times • May 11, 2023
Some of them can come off as a bit provocative by appearing to make sport of grave topics in the news.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023
“Da”- limericks: The dachshund, each hair and each wart of it, Serves for the wags to make sport of it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
They didn’t just make sport of their trolls — although they did that effectively.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2012
It would be easy to make sport of their attitude if one did not know that in this way they try to keep their association with the strength and simplicity of the land.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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