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sneers
  • plural of sneer.
  • present tense form of sneer (3rd person singular).

Example Sentences

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Sneers a White House official: "We wouldn't be having this trouble with the Senate if Lloyd Bentsen were alive."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sneers Wayne: "If you want to scrub up her soul ... it may take a little time."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sneers, contumely, reproach, every thing that gentlemen could say, and many things which gentlemen could not say, have been uttered against New England.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

One of them was named Hiram Young, a very ignorant but positive American sailor, the other named Daniel Sneers, an Englishman equally ignorant and if possible more positive.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

Sneers and jests at birth control are giving way to a reverent understanding of the needs of woman.

From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret