sneer

Outside and looking up at it, the pony seems to sneer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

We shouldn’t sneer at failure; rather, we need to learn from it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

"I think most of our characters were quite warm and quite engaging and we didn't sneer at them or mock them," says Paul.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

"If many critics sneer and say we can't achieve food self-sufficiency, today we prove that we are food self-sufficient," Prabowo said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

It seemed to Antain that she said the word with a little bit of a sneer in her voice.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

In Shakespeare’s “Henry VI, Part 1,” the brave nobleman Talbot sneers at any knight who is “quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Franks says she will never regret her time at Cambridge, despite the sneers and the cheeseboard faux pas.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Sonny sneers every time he catches Josh doing a phony smile, even when the kid is simply posing for the advertisements they’re both supposedly contracted to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

The Senate, which generally sneers at the amateurism of House legislation, would have its turn; if the Senate were successful, the two chambers would then have to bridge what could be substantial differences.

From Slate ● May 20, 2025

He sneers my name in an elaborate, condescending manner.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

When I said I had moved up from Fort Lauderdale, my host sneered: “Florida is a swamp.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Rowling sneered at Oates’ concern, while Musk referred to the author as “a bit of an extinctionist.”

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

"We were followed, stalked and sneered at by multiple members of young, immature staff," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

"Oh great," he sneered, and boy, did Zuckerberg light up.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025

Even as the boys helped her to her feet, she sneered.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He’s sneering, which is bad enough, but now, oh boy, he does the Thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

But Gadot gets the best number in a tepid batch, a villain’s anthem that welds together a half-dozen sneering, cooing, minor-key tempo shifts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

When he was called out for it, Musk sent another tweet sneering, "Toxoplasma gondii is a danger to our democracy," a reference to the debunked myth that cat owners have a mentally destabilizing parasite.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

When the women first arrived, the men greeted them with insincere politeness—and some sneering.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein