sneer at
Example Sentences
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It is hard to tell if Mr. Hockney intended these works to celebrate with, sneer at, or send up the Hollywood milieu in which he found himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Many of us were raised to sneer at social influence—instructed to resist peer pressure at all costs—but there’s another term for thinking about all this that’s less off-putting: role modeling.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
It’s easy to sneer at Morris’s antics, but beneath the grotesquery is a real hunger.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
"It can be easy to sneer at the arrival of a new Christmas movie," noted the Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
Alice used to sneer at me when I left our class for my special daily period upstairs.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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