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sneeringly



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Snappish, at times sneeringly so, she answered my questions with a brusque dismissiveness that made me think that she was doing this interview under duress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

As each programmer parrots some Reddit-board interpretation of "The Matrix", Reeves' hero sneeringly bites into a bloody delicious steak of ignorant bliss.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021

So for a couple of generations, British traffic cops sneeringly asked speeding motorists, “Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?”

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2020

In “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood,” the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio sneeringly dismisses the Manson girls as “hippies.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2019

He begins this selection by sneeringly calling my father out to head the line.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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