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Fast, crisp and snide, “The Diary of a Chambermaid” gives equal weight to the monotony and the absurdity of Gianina’s grind.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Ms. Reilly, whose Beth is unbearably snide, doesn’t really act but is still a presence, partly because she dresses like a roadhouse waitress rather than a cattle mogul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

My measly basket is filled with nothing but candy, earning a few snide looks from my cashier.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025

Robinson, who created MTV’s “Sweet/Vicious” and has helped shepherd a handful of other fluffy amusements, is a promising popcorn wit, deftly ensuring the tone is neither too sober nor too snide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

He told me in an almost snide way that in any case the director and the staff of the home would be called as witnesses and that “things could get very nasty” for me.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

I only had the "Dutchman," and my attendant Monsoor carried a snider rifle; thus we were badly armed for so impenetrable a beast.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The teak boxes for snider ammunition, also the boxes of Hale's rockets, were lined and hermetically sealed with soldered tin.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The total, including that from the men's cartouche-boxes, was cartridges for snider rifles 4,540 and cartridges for muskets 4,330, making a total of 8,870 rounds.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The strongest men were selected to carry the boxes of snider cartridges, which weighed 64 lbs. each.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

Kabba Rega was delighted with the mechanism of Monsoor's snider rifle, which he at once understood and explained to his body-guard.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

We know this because Charles Dance recites Michelangelo’s snidest journal passages throughout, bringing a welcome pettiness to an otherwise staid chapter of art history.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026