scoff at
Example Sentences
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You’ve saved a lot — $1.2 million is nothing to scoff at — but you have a lot of life ahead.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Watching them from afar, Verstappen could only scoff at the Papaya Rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Regardless, his discography is, at the very least, not something to scoff at.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Afghans in the United States scoff at the suggestion that they'd be safe going back, saying their lives would be in danger.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
He’d scoff at me or roll his eyes—he didn’t seem like the kind of person that suffered tears gladly, and I didn’t suffer anyone making fun of mine.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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