sneer
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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
I half expected a Snidely Whiplash twirl of the mustache or a Bertram Oleander sidewise glance and sneer.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
"If many critics sneer and say we can't achieve food self-sufficiency, today we prove that we are food self-sufficient," Prabowo said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Brother Bartholomew, the boys’ teacher, shuffled in from the adjacent cloister and pulled back his hood, revealing his flabby face, tiny eyes, and permanent sneer.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Elle meanwhile manages to commit faux pas after faux pas in a community that gives all-new meaning to 50 shades of gray and sneers at anything and everyone from L.A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Prog is simply great music released from the arid strictures of cool and from the sneers of gatekeepers".
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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
Gilly had had plenty of practice staring down sneers, but it was hard to imagine that someone like Nonnie had.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
Rowling sneered at Oates’ concern, while Musk referred to the author as “a bit of an extinctionist.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
He explicitly sneered at the idea of birth control.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
Westheimer had detractors, who sneered at her commercial success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024
“Will held up his tape recorder and told him something to the effect of ‘Senator, I have everything you said right here on tape,’ to which the senator sneered ‘Son, your tape — it lies!’
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
A slender, tall man with thinning blond hair surveyed the circle and sneered.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, screenwriter and activist Lee Kern called her video "sneering mockery".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
Somewhere above, the Black Mamba is sneering down on us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
On the other hand, Malfoy’s sneering face kept looming up out of the darkness — this was his big chance to beat Malfoy face-to-face.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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