sneer at
Example Sentences
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"This woman is very intelligent, she's not here by chance. And if she does also run for a fourth time, she won't be an opponent we can sneer at," hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon has said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
If we punish risk, overregulate builders, sneer at industry, neglect education, or close the door to people who want to contribute, we will become less exceptional.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many of us were raised to sneer at social influence—instructed to resist peer pressure at all costs—but there’s another term for thinking about all this that’s less off-putting: role modeling.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
"I think most of our characters were quite warm and quite engaging and we didn't sneer at them or mock them," says Paul.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
She was always very careful not to seem to sneer at the rest of the islanders for their lack of education.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
