scoff
Example Sentences
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Knowing Maggie’s desperate finances, a Spiritualist scoffed, “for five dollars she would have denied her mother and would have sworn to anything.”
From Literature
The Russians in Barentsburg scoff at the prospect of war in the Arctic.
“Oh, right, you know all about these things,” Jonah scoffed.
From Literature
His father scoffed at the self-help gurus and nurtured his interest in business.
From Los Angeles Times
Deflecting from questions about the DOJ’s mishandling of the Epstein files, Bondi for nearly five hours interrupted, scoffed and yelled at her bipartisan interrogators.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
