mummeries
- plural of mummery.
Example Sentences
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He grew cold to newsmen, turned his press conferences into funereal mummeries, finally began canceling them altogether.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor was it ''mere timidity or fanaticism or calculated hardness: it was a deep and speculative thing: hatred of all shams, scorn of all mummeries, a bitter, merciless pleasure in the hard facts.
From Time Magazine Archive
To be boxed up in the midst of mummeries and lies—he would start up and pace the floor, the sweat standing on his face.
From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William
Pitiable and disgusting as the scene was I could not help laughing at the mummeries of the fellow.
From Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by Taylor, William
The carnival mummeries were general in Northern Germany, when masks swarmed through the streets; the favourite costumes were those of Turks, Moors, and Indians.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
