sneer
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Outside and looking up at it, the pony seems to sneer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"This woman is very intelligent, she's not here by chance. And if she does also run for a fourth time, she won't be an opponent we can sneer at," hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon has said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The mouth renders the verdict: a barely perceptible sneer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
"I think most of our characters were quite warm and quite engaging and we didn't sneer at them or mock them," says Paul.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
When he spoke his words were respectful, but there was the undercurrent of a sneer in his voice.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
As one person in the new movie sneers, “Eww, who wants to be relatable?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I have no head for trivial things. And you are so very good at them, darling,” he sneers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
As she crawls, screams, scratches and sneers, Lawrence maintains a soulful balance between Grace’s creeping delirium and her ceaseless dedication to her newborn son.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
The Senate, which generally sneers at the amateurism of House legislation, would have its turn; if the Senate were successful, the two chambers would then have to bridge what could be substantial differences.
From Slate ● May 20, 2025
“If we don’t fall or die first,” Dylan sneers.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
When I said I had moved up from Fort Lauderdale, my host sneered: “Florida is a swamp.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Rowling sneered at Oates’ concern, while Musk referred to the author as “a bit of an extinctionist.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
"I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this earth," she sneered while walking in a cemetery.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
"We were followed, stalked and sneered at by multiple members of young, immature staff," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
Even as the boys helped her to her feet, she sneered.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He’s sneering, which is bad enough, but now, oh boy, he does the Thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
They were MTV staples for grimy videos like “Breathe” and “Firestarter,” where the dual-mohawked singer/dancer Keith Flint skulked around an empty subway tunnel, sneering in kohl eyeliner and an American flag sweater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
When he was called out for it, Musk sent another tweet sneering, "Toxoplasma gondii is a danger to our democracy," a reference to the debunked myth that cat owners have a mentally destabilizing parasite.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
When the women first arrived, the men greeted them with insincere politeness—and some sneering.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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