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sneeringly



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It sneeringly implied they were “a bunch of dilettantes,” Sonenshein said, amateurs seeking some rainbows-and-roses ethical governance outside the hard-nosed practicalities of party-boss politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

As each programmer parrots some Reddit-board interpretation of "The Matrix", Reeves' hero sneeringly bites into a bloody delicious steak of ignorant bliss.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021

So for a couple of generations, British traffic cops sneeringly asked speeding motorists, “Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?”

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2020

And I hear it every time someone sneeringly dismisses “a boomer”, anyone born between 1946 and 1964, or “a second waver”, a feminist who came of age in the 1960s and 70s.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020

He begins this selection by sneeringly calling my father out to head the line.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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