sneer
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Outside and looking up at it, the pony seems to sneer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
If we punish risk, overregulate builders, sneer at industry, neglect education, or close the door to people who want to contribute, we will become less exceptional.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
He kept step with them, walking backward, a furious sneer on his face.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“I’m pretty sure they’re the ones who gave us fleas,” GG sneers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
"Prog is simply great music released from the arid strictures of cool and from the sneers of gatekeepers".
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
“I was just sposed to see if there were rumors of you on the road ahead,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. sneers, “but here you are, in the real honest-to-God flesh.”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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
He explicitly sneered at the idea of birth control.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
Westheimer had detractors, who sneered at her commercial success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024
“But what use have you been?” sneered Bellatrix.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch have spent the best part of the last year swearing, shouting and sneering at each other.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
Restlessly stalking the tiny space and moving among the three other musicians, Wende has a mischievous grin that can swiftly give way to sneering anger and quiet despair.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Chaol’s hand darted to his sword as the soldiers turned to her, some of them sneering.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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