snicker

I got several quizzical looks and perhaps a snicker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

"Like, wait a minute, you didn't pay anything at all, and yet you still have complaints?" she said with a snicker.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

The differences were stark and — save for the occasional groan, eye roll or sarcastic snicker — politely received.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

If your first instinct, like mine, is to snicker, know that this self-important drama is devoid of humor.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

People might snicker at the blue jeans, and he didn’t want anyone to snicker at Leslie when she was dead.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

In point 16 of the X post, Karp wrote: "The culture almost snickers at Musk's interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

No chuckles, no snickers, not even a cough.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026

I can also explain why, despite the snickers and stares and perpetually blooming bruises, it’s still worth it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025

So when I told my friends and family I had received an invitation to a hog farmers’ convention in Des Moines, the snickers were louder than the Tilt-A-Whirl at the recently concluded Iowa State Fair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

“Good. We’re about to go into the Pit, which you will someday learn to love. It—” Christina snickers.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The gullible may have stood in awe, but sophisticated travelers scoffed and snickered at the big egg, obviously laid by an ordinary ostrich.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2024

Department heads and their employees snickered that hot flashes provoked her pointed queries during board meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2023

As the Akron Beacon Journal would note, the townsfolk snickered at the irony.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023

I’m still waiting for that invite,” Laxalt snickered, speaking from a podium emblazoned with Trump’s name.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Some of the Ares campers snickered, but I wasnt going to let anybody embarrass me into silence.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

They’re even snickering at serious moments, distracting those around them and on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

I wasn’t the only one: A small contingency of the audience at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater started snickering and laughing before he had even fully stepped onstage.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

But snickering and irreverence aside, the Milan native was also a towering figure — both influential and polarizing — who reshaped the Italian media and political landscape in his image.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

The words “Tom Holland” and “spoilers” can immediately illicit snickering.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“Ratcliffe,” I whisper, and have to bite my lip to keep from snickering.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone