sniggers

Example Sentences

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Father and son used to display their Metros at classic car shows, and David remembers the sniggers.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2020

This confounded the soothsayers, and thereby insured that any professional predictions as to the result of today’s vote, a year later, have been met with sniggers of disbelief.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2016

Then there was Jared Leto in a Givenchy suit that largely got the thumbs-up, but was hardly enough to buffer him from the sniggers about his striking resemblance to a certain biblical character.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2016

A: So imagine showing up at your new office, introducing yourself around, and ignoring the startled looks and sniggers when it turns out your name means “Large Bottom” in the local parlance.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2015

After some icy staring about to detect the culprit, and several smothered sniggers from around the room, the little fat friar puffed himself up once more and declaimed firmly: “Grayling à la Redwall.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques