snickered

Example Sentences

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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

As the Akron Beacon Journal would note, the townsfolk snickered at the irony.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023

Another picketer said that one of the queens who chose not to join them snickered at them as they walked out that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

The idea was dismissed as a “blubber restaurant” and snickered about in the food world in far more tasteless terms.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2023

The other boys in uniform snickered behind their hands.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool