snicker
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I got several quizzical looks and perhaps a snicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
"Like, wait a minute, you didn't pay anything at all, and yet you still have complaints?" she said with a snicker.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
They snicker like Duane couldn’t be more lame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Sometimes, people will snicker at that, as if cheese in and of itself isn't substantial or legitimate enough to constitute as a favorite food, but they are mistaken.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
I hear someone snicker in the back of class, and I turn real quick to see who it is, but I don’t catch them.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
In point 16 of the X post, Karp wrote: "The culture almost snickers at Musk's interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
No chuckles, no snickers, not even a cough.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
I can also explain why, despite the snickers and stares and perpetually blooming bruises, it’s still worth it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025
That threat was greeted with snickers of laughter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
The skull snickers and moves ever closer, but that doesn’t surprise me.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
They snickered two years later when he announced that while he personally opposed abortion, he now supported a woman’s right to choose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The gullible may have stood in awe, but sophisticated travelers scoffed and snickered at the big egg, obviously laid by an ordinary ostrich.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2024
Chinese intellectuals snickered at his often-pompous pronouncements and at efforts by the propaganda apparatus to present him as a great thinker in the mold of Mao.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
I’m still waiting for that invite,” Laxalt snickered, speaking from a podium emblazoned with Trump’s name.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
He snickered, the first time Thomas had heard him do so—there was something very likable about it.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
They’re even snickering at serious moments, distracting those around them and on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
There now seems to be a bit of snickering immaturity in the film’s garish period trappings, though the emotional acuity and empathetic consideration of even the most minor of characters still makes “Boogie Nights” remarkable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
Crystal and Taylor Probst, the wife and the daughter of cyclist Andreas Probst, said they saw Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys snickering to each other and making vulgar gestures toward them before Tuesday’s hearing.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Among the crypto community on Twitter, however, there was some snickering that FTX missed a big opportunity in Sui.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
Ms. Udell glared at the snickering boys, cleared her throat, and read the final paragraph of the chapter.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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