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

Sometimes, people will snicker at that, as if cheese in and of itself isn't substantial or legitimate enough to constitute as a favorite food, but they are mistaken.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023

And if it was easy to snicker at “Avatar’s” hippy-dippy sincerity, it was also easy to surrender to its multiplex transcendentalism, its world of synthetically crafted natural wonders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

I snicker as Alex shoots him a glare.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

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

“It speaks to my heart and speaks to humanity,” she said over snickers from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

That threat was greeted with snickers of laughter.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

He’s trying to make it seem like he doesn’t notice the laughter, the snickers, the snarky comments.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

He snickered, “I’m out there in the South, and I’m like, ‘Come through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2023

The idea was dismissed as a “blubber restaurant” and snickered about in the food world in far more tasteless terms.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

I also snickered at the line Sarah's husband Peter tells her, "Even if I can't be with her, I don't want to be with you."

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2022

I was tired of staring down every other girl in my grade who snickered at my pleated wool skirts and Peter Pan collars.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Crystal and Taylor Probst, the wife and the daughter of cyclist Andreas Probst, said they saw Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys snickering to each other and making vulgar gestures toward them before Tuesday’s hearing.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Among the crypto community on Twitter, however, there was some snickering that FTX missed a big opportunity in Sui.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

Brockway watched me out of the corner of his eye, snickering noiselessly.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison