scoffing
Example Sentences
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"We were all kind of scoffing, 'Arthur who writes the truck commercials is writing a drama!?' And of course then Arthur had the last laugh, because two weeks later he was famous."
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Prosecutors, in a letter seeking a tougher sentence, questioned the sincerity of Kwon’s apologies and noted his history of scoffing at the authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Amid the scoffing, Morgan Stanley analyst Todd Castagno mapped the AI ecosystem’s circular flows in a Wednesday note.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
To anyone scoffing at this with a “Why would they?” — well, why not?
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2025
The man made a scoffing sound, then had a short bout of racking coughs.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
