- present participle of sneer.
sneering
Example Sentences
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Her answer, delivered as a sneering little aside: “Yeah.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Liam's sneering vocals and Noel's distorted guitars brought a rock and roll swagger back to the charts, revitalising British guitar music after an influx of self-serious Seattle grunge.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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
She loves going to the club, even though she makes fun of the snobs who go there by sneering and strutting around with her nose twitching high in the air.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
