scoff

Example Sentences

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“Shouldn’t you be in school somewhere?” he scoffs.

From Literature

“Pretty—but stupid, if you actually believe in it,” she scoffs.

From Literature

She says the other mothers scoffed at her parenting choices - she bottle-feeds her son - and seemed to disapprove of her choosing to deliver her baby by caesarean section.

From BBC

Poehler might be far from an unknown, but that kind of attention is nothing to scoff at, especially when the podcast market is as crowded as it is.

From Salon

“You came to Moscow to find truth?” an asset scoffs.

From Los Angeles Times