sneer
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“Art film” is a bit of a dirty term, frequently offered with a sneer when discussing a work so dripping with pretension that even an Airblade wouldn’t be of any help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
"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
His smile was simpering but seemed to hide a sneer.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"Prog is simply great music released from the arid strictures of cool and from the sneers of gatekeepers".
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
“I have no head for trivial things. And you are so very good at them, darling,” he sneers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
As she crawls, screams, scratches and sneers, Lawrence maintains a soulful balance between Grace’s creeping delirium and her ceaseless dedication to her newborn son.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
Lily sneers that Facebook is “a database of old people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
He did not care for any of the officers, with their superior sneers and the way they treated their soldiers like sheep.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Julian Casablancas sneered his way into instant rock stardom nearly a quarter of a century ago as the glamorously disheveled frontman of the Strokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
I don’t think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
But Gadot gets the best number in a tepid batch, a villain’s anthem that welds together a half-dozen sneering, cooing, minor-key tempo shifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 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
Writing afterwards on X, she said: "The sneering contempt of 'journalists' will never stop me from calling out racism and Islamophobic hate."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Meggers reacted to Roosevelt’s critiques by sneering at her “polemical tone” and “extravagant claims.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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