sneer

When America was awarded hosting rights for the 1994 tournament, it was met with a quip and a sneer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

"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

Perhaps my lips didn’t curl into a sneer but they could have.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Elle meanwhile manages to commit faux pas after faux pas in a community that gives all-new meaning to 50 shades of gray and sneers at anything and everyone from L.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

As she crawls, screams, scratches and sneers, Lawrence maintains a soulful balance between Grace’s creeping delirium and her ceaseless dedication to her newborn son.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 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

It is 12 years since Skopje was the setting for one of the more bizarre tales of Welsh football history, one that drew sniggers and sneers, not to mention damning headlines for their under-pressure manager.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Without waiting for his approval, she entered the trees to the sneers and snickers of the Champions who had overheard.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

Mohler sneered that empathy is "an artificial virtue," calling empathy "destructive and manipulative."

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

A couple of generations ago, Antiguan dialect was sneered at and children were commonly forbidden to speak it in school.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

“Come, come! They let you off easily enough,” sneered Drummle.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

It bragged about the academic prestige of its schools and reminded its athletes that they were students first, sneering at all those other schools that had the audacity to win at all costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

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

He’s not smiling or sneering or smirking at all anymore.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon