fleer

Example Sentences

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I have heard One of your Council fleer and jeer at him.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Maria, a fleer at mere ponderosity, skipped and whisked from left to right with fay-like airiness of foot until a thrill of delight went through the camp.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Then out it speaks the king himsell,85 And aye as he steps in the fleer; Says, "I grant you your life, lady, Because you are of tender year."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

But there, you will, and your sisters will have something to fleer and jeer at then, and your father will purr in my face, and spit and swear behind my back.

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville

I can laugh and fleer at you now.

From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.