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

Critics snickered Texas created a network simply to show reruns of Vince Young’s game-wining dash to victory over Southern California in the 2006 Rose Bowl.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023

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

Adrian Morse and Jay Oh, two of Marcus’s buddies, snickered, but it was aimed at me, not him.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson