snickering
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And Ms. Bioh has the girls’ attitudes to her take an implausibly abrupt turn from sycophancy to snickering mockery when Ericka exposes the hollowness of her pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
I heard some light snickering in the background, but pushed ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
But snickering and irreverence aside, the Milan native was also a towering figure — both influential and polarizing — who reshaped the Italian media and political landscape in his image.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
The words “Tom Holland” and “spoilers” can immediately illicit snickering.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
The boys started snickering, and her face turned bright red, and her voice got really quiet, so quiet you could hardly hear her, until finally Mrs. Rouse said, “Thank you, Betsy. That was wonderful.”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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