snide

Example Sentences

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Then she treated Congress with snide hostility when it asked her to answer basic questions about it.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Ms. Jackson is no apologist—her James has flaws aplenty—but where prior historians offered snide caricature, she portrays a complex leader who was “intelligent, resilient, idiosyncratic, irascible, guileful and witty.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Harry was even glad to see him, because he was company, albeit of a snide and taunting kind.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling