sniggering

Example Sentences

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No sniggering jokes now about princely flings and sulky princesses and body doubles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

But it’s not the ’90s until two of the most idiotic teenagers return, sniggering along the way.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Remorse must be tempered by a resolution to remain uncouth, just as a professional agreement to play a little ball must be undercut by subversive sniggering.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

"Not long ago, they called him 'too extreme,' 'aggressively and dangerously wrong' and 'downright dangerous,'" Baker wrote in sniggering prose.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2020

I looked up and saw them sniggering, hiding their smiles in their dirty hands.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz