mock amazement
Frequency: 5.04.3 per million words
Amazement that is not real; pretended amazement.
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Examples (20)
- She raised her eyebrows in mock amazement.
- He watched her with a look of mock amazement as she explained the obvious.
- He gasped with mock amazement at the surprise party he had planned himself.
- Her mock amazement at his simple suggestion was clearly a jab.
- "You finished the whole cake?" she asked, her voice filled with mock amazement.
- The audience burst into laughter at the actor's display of mock amazement.
- The children showed mock amazement at the simple magic trick they had seen a dozen times.
- He feigned mock amazement when I told him the news he already knew.
- He put on a show of mock amazement for the camera, widening his eyes dramatically.
- There was an air of mock amazement in his voice as he praised her 'effort'.
- Her mock amazement didn't fool anyone; we all knew she had read the spoiler.
- She couldn't hide her mock amazement at his outrageous claim.
- With a look of mock amazement, the politician pretended to be surprised by the poll results.
- The students exchanged glances of mock amazement at their teacher's sudden strictness.
- "I can't believe it!" he exclaimed, in a classic display of mock amazement.
- His reply was delivered with mock amazement, implying my ignorance.
- The actor's performance was perfect, down to the subtle flicker of mock amazement in his eyes.
- With mock amazement, she pretended to be impressed by his trivial achievement.
- They exchanged glances of mock amazement when their boss announced the 'new' idea.
- The interviewer reacted with mock amazement to the candidate's clichéd answer.