sneer

Outside and looking up at it, the pony seems to sneer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"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

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

The mouth renders the verdict: a barely perceptible sneer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

I don't mean a nasty sneer, but an amused, mysterious sneer, as if all the people around her were pretty silly and she could tell some good jokes on them if she wanted to.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

With barely a greeting to the rest of the musicians, he starts to sing, challenging their earsplitting guitars with his lacerating sneers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Lily sneers that Facebook is “a database of old people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025

The Senate, which generally sneers at the amateurism of House legislation, would have its turn; if the Senate were successful, the two chambers would then have to bridge what could be substantial differences.

From Slate ● May 20, 2025

“I ain’t an angel, you ain’t heaven-sent,” he sneers in “I Had Some Help,” a collaboration with a newly countryfied Post Malone.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

“She’s right,” Kelton says, and Jacqui sneers at him, whispering “traitor” beneath her breath.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

When I said I had moved up from Fort Lauderdale, my host sneered: “Florida is a swamp.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Rowling sneered at Oates’ concern, while Musk referred to the author as “a bit of an extinctionist.”

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Caroline, 29, admits she "sneered a bit" at romance in her early twenties.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

"I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this earth," she sneered while walking in a cemetery.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025

“So he’s friends with Winkleman, big surprise,” Zach sneered.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

He’s sneering, which is bad enough, but now, oh boy, he does the Thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Perhaps more seriously, “Idiocracy” allows the viewer to feel accomplished for doing nothing beyond sneering at their fellow Americans.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 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

They were MTV staples for grimy videos like “Breathe” and “Firestarter,” where the dual-mohawked singer/dancer Keith Flint skulked around an empty subway tunnel, sneering in kohl eyeliner and an American flag sweater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

When the women first arrived, the men greeted them with insincere politeness—and some sneering.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein