sneering
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He’s sneering, which is bad enough, but now, oh boy, he does the Thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Her answer, delivered as a sneering little aside: “Yeah.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It bragged about the academic prestige of its schools and reminded its athletes that they were students first, sneering at all those other schools that had the audacity to win at all costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
When he was called out for it, Musk sent another tweet sneering, "Toxoplasma gondii is a danger to our democracy," a reference to the debunked myth that cat owners have a mentally destabilizing parasite.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
She crammed it in her mouth and chewed, sneering slightly so Video-Max would see the cracker mush through her teeth.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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