fleer
Example Sentences
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Fetch me my rapier, boy:—what, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William
Perhaps there was some truth in Betty's fleer, of her never having known any better company than that of the village apothecary.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
I can laugh and fleer at you now.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.
I have heard One of your Council fleer and jeer at him.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
Maria, a fleer at mere ponderosity, skipped and whisked from left to right with fay-like airiness of foot until a thrill of delight went through the camp.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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