Should the following sentences be hyphenated?
I mock cried into his shoulder.
vs.
I mock-cried into his shoulder.
He smiled at me with his old man charm.
vs.
He smiled at me with his old man-charm.
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I've never seen the verb *to mock[-]cry* before, but searching for *she mock cried* in Google Books returns exactly *two* write instances. One has a hyphen, the other doesn't. I'd suggest you do include the hyphen, but obviously it's just a stylistic choice, and no-one will think anything of it whichever way you go. – FumbleFingers May 21 '21 at 14:46
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1'I cried crocodile tears into his shoulder.' – Edwin Ashworth May 21 '21 at 16:22