snide

The doting boyfriend, the overzealous best friend, the snide coworker, the absentee mother — played here by Kristen Johnston, whose character’s name is ingeniously spelled “Beverlee.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Mr. Holmes does not quote Auden’s snide remark, but in some ways his book addresses the modern snobbism that shadows Tennyson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

My measly basket is filled with nothing but candy, earning a few snide looks from my cashier.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025

But even his coverage, though near-manic at times and full of snide remarks regarding Ventura’s testimony, also concerns itself with how well the legal teams are doing—it is no Depp/Heard situation.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025

“I should think not,” said a snide voice; Phineas Nigellus was evidently only pretending to be asleep.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The total, including that from the men's cartouche-boxes, was cartridges for snider rifles 4,540 and cartridges for muskets 4,330, making a total of 8,870 rounds.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The strongest men were selected to carry the boxes of snider cartridges, which weighed 64 lbs. each.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Kabba Rega was delighted with the mechanism of Monsoor's snider rifle, which he at once understood and explained to his body-guard.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The authorities at Woolwich had kindly supplied the expedition with 200 Hale's rockets—three-pounders—and fifty snider rifles, together with 50,000 rounds of snider ammunition.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

By sunset all was completed and the vessel reloaded; but I sent twenty-eight boxes of snider ammunition on board the tender.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

We know this because Charles Dance recites Michelangelo’s snidest journal passages throughout, bringing a welcome pettiness to an otherwise staid chapter of art history.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026