Sentence example with the word 'mummery'

mummery

abracadabra, characterization, false front, hammy acting, insincerity, mouthing, personation, protective coloration, self-righteousness, stage directions

Definition n. meaningless ceremonies and flattery

Last update: September 9, 2015


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The mummery was one of the performances in the consert.   [Please select]

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Among the more notable of these are Robson peak, 13,700 ft.; Athabasca, 13,700; Assiniboine, 11,830; Lyell, 12,00o; Mummery, 12,000; Temple, 11,658; and Geikie, 11,000.   [Please select]

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Indeed, no religious rites exist among them, unless the unmeaning mummery of the medicine tent can be looked upon as such.   [Please select]

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When I think that there are still people who respect such mummery.   [Please select]

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He washed and went through the mummery of muslim prayers for the watchful mullah's sake, and climbed on to his bed.   [Please select]

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Astonished at what he saw, the Councillor asked what was the meaning of all this mummery, and who that man was.   [Please select]

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"I have lived without the mummery of prayer, and I will die without it."   [Please select]

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In the whole mummery of international relations there is nothing more farcical than an international arbitration.   [Please select]

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Heyward possessed some knowledge of the mummery practised among the Indians, in the cases of such supposed visitations.   [Please select]

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If something, let us try to follow it; but if nothing, then for God's sake let us put it away as a cruel, delusive, and damnable mummery.   [Please select]

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Call it mummery if ye like, but let me ask you why so many of your sheep stray into our fold.   [Please select]

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