make sport of

Idioms and Phrases

see make fun of .

Example Sentences

Even so, it isn’t always clear which gestures in the film should be taken seriously, and which make sport of the genre’s masculine posturing while offering an allegory about a birth mother’s sacrifice.

From New York Times

Some of them can come off as a bit provocative by appearing to make sport of grave topics in the news.

From Washington Post

“Da”- limericks: The dachshund, each hair and each wart of it, Serves for the wags to make sport of it.

From Washington Post

“You make sport of us,” Taran cried angrily.

From Literature

Naturally Trump critics were quick to make sport of the video and still pictures from the “walk of shame.”

From The Guardian

Related Words

• bother
• delude
• joke
• tease