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

The ones some travelers sneer at, like magnets, T-shirts and shot glasses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Arielle was giving Aru that same sneer now.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

“I’m Actually Kinda Famous” sneers and taunts a portrayal of fame over synths, and “Cannibalism!” is wrapped in youthful desire and garage rock fuzz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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

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 was just sposed to see if there were rumors of you on the road ahead,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. sneers, “but here you are, in the real honest-to-God flesh.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

These sequences didn’t say, Hey, good to see you! — they sneered, Do you even go here?

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

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

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

A couple of generations ago, Antiguan dialect was sneered at and children were commonly forbidden to speak it in school.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

“Your mother confessed,” sneered Riddle-Harry, while Riddle-Hermione jeered, “that she would have preferred me as a son, would be glad to exchange...”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch have spent the best part of the last year swearing, shouting and sneering at each other.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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

The way he said the word, hissing it, sneering it, made her feel sick.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry