mock
verb (used with object)
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
was mocking
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past progressiveof mock.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The result was a sketch that was only somewhat less uncomfortable than the real-life event it was mocking.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
For his part, Auderer claims he was mocking not Kandula but what he assumed would be the response of the City Attorney.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
“I had graduated from N.Y.U., one of the most prestigious schools in the country, and I couldn’t find a full-time job to pay it back. I felt like my debt was mocking me,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023
But it wasn't their relationship status that Rock was mocking on Sunday.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
Not just because she was mocking Susan—he had told her what Susan had said about Chief Ozobia—but because she had said we.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
