mockeries

The later ones were mockeries of their former selves but still watchable.

Five Best Horror Movie Killers | myFiveBest 2009

Oh! how I hate its shews and mockeries! when one creature is murdered, another is immediately deprived of life in a slow torturing manner; then the executioners, their hands yet reeking with the blood of innocence, believe that they have done a great deed.

Chapter 7 2010

Mr. Bezmozgis rarely plumbs deeper than such twinkling mockeries.

Lost in Transit Sam Sacks 2011

Today's screenwriters would benefit if they would rid themselves of scripts that are silly mockeries of truly romantic stories, and instead write about real men and real women.

Liz Was the Very Image of Desire 2011

However, all too often naming a new character and attempting to create a complete person with quirks and frailties out of thin air ensures a creative blockage descends upon ones fingers and mind; disallowing the progress; resulting in lifeless husks or worse stereotypical mockeries of humanity wandering the text.

Scrap box inspiration for characters « Write Anything 2010

I admit to my anger at the Chris Rocks of the world and others like him for making mockeries of us in terrible movies like Good Hair.

Janet Hubert: The Angry Black Woman (Truth or Myth) Janet Hubert 2011

But the film does have some very fun moments, including mockeries of golf and Texas that won't be forgotten any time soon.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Treme Frustrating, Fun; Tangled; the Real Arthur and More! Michael Giltz 2011

Never mind the details which make the names of these programs sad mockeries of good governance.

Matthew Yglesias » What Do Americans “Really” Want 2010

With a combined 12 Pro Bowls and six all-pro selections, they made mockeries of their pre-draft scouting reports.

The not-so-Super team: Best players never to reach the final 2009

I think the most widely criticized themes in the game are almost mockeries of us, the players - they know if they build the means for us to do those things, we'll run pell mell to do it, and vigorously defend our actions.

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