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Meanings of mock severity in English

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Usage of mock severity in English
1
Is he a secret? he said in mock severity, as he smiled.
Rakes and radishes
2
He dropped her hands and looked at her in mock severity.
K
3
I'm not that old. He scowled at me in mock severity.
The Name of the Wind
4
Too happy to be perturbed, she replied in mock severity:
The Fighting Shepherdess
5
She released her hands and regarded him with mock severity.
Dan Merrithew
6
You shall have no supper, said I, with mock severity.
A Woman who went to Alaska
7
And she shook the false curls with mock severity.
The First Soprano
8
She slapped my arm and said with mock severity:
The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Ti...
9
He halted just within the doorway and eyed Dane, Ali, and Rip with mock severity.
Plague Ship
10
Hey, I'm an operative, I notice these things. He lowered his voice in mock severity.
Deadly little secrets
11
With mock severity she said, "Bob, c-a-t. What does it spell?"
Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
12
Tell me"-hefaced the girl with mock severity-"fwhat'sthis ye've been doin' already?"
The Winning of Barbara Worth
13
Really your speech has deteriorated since you became betrothed to me, I said with mock severity.
The last illusion
14
Sri Yukteswar gazed at me with mock severity.
Autobiography of a Yogi
15
I don't want to see you around here anymore. Beulah waved her off with mock severity.
Ape House
16
I frowned at him in mock severity.
The Name of the Wind
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Mock severity through the time
Mock severity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common