scoffing

Example Sentences

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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

You are scoffing and wanting to shut your computer off, but hear me out.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025

He insisted he had the right to maintain his own septic system, scoffing at a regulation that it be done by an approved firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

But a taste for luxury goods did not stop Gross, an accountant, from scoffing as David paid thirty dollars for a box of Godiva chocolates for his wife.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times