sneer at
Example Sentences
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The ones some travelers sneer at, like magnets, T-shirts and shot glasses.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
"It can be easy to sneer at the arrival of a new Christmas movie," noted the Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
Reality TV makes it easy and even tempting to sneer at people like McIntyre and Cortés because of what they don’t know or haven’t asked.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
“Mom, she is talking like a Big Man’s daughter,” Amaka said, and I was grateful that she did not sneer at me, that she echoed her mother’s laughter instead.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
