scoff at
Example Sentences
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You want to scoff at that, but you can’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
It’s easy to scoff at such tricks from the outside.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 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
“King of the Hill” camps out somewhere on the rich land between, acknowledging an exurban populace bound to a set of values supposed “elites” might scoff at.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025
And these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razors and those Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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