scoff

Example Sentences

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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

Proponents of the bill have scoffed at the idea that the act would meaningfully affect married people who have changed their names.

From Salon

Bar directors know such prices can elicit scoffs of disbelief, but they justify the big-ticket tipples by comparing them to special-occasion items at restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the Seahawks tend to look at those numbers and scoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

I asked if we could take him to the hospital, and he scoffed and said it was nothing, but I noticed he’d started losing weight.

From Literature