fleer

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I can laugh and fleer at you now.

From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.

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

She gave a light laugh that had in it so little mirth, was so little apposite to ridicule, that he did not feel it a fleer.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles

By a mile of engirding sea the prospect of escape looked so vain that one joined assent with a fleer.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

Fetch me my rapier, boy:—what, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?

From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William