coffers

Example Sentences

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"That's why I will keep ignoring the scoffers, and saying prayers and urging everyone to join together and do the same."

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2019

There’s certainly some truth to that; and early on, this columnist was among the scoffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2016

Everyone who watches the film knows that while scoffers in town may scoff, a wave is coming sooner rather than later.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016

There were scoffers, but Huset saw the site as a natural fit for the racetrack.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2015

Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton