snigger

Example Sentences

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You may snigger that the fluffy haired and sequin-loving singer-songwriter is a cheesy anti-poet, fixating on such mortal lines as “No one heard at all, not even the chair.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Mr Derry told the inquest in response: "I don't believe that to be correct. The body language and the snigger, I don't recognise that".

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

Large parts of the rest of the world would snigger at that.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

As the great Irish commentator Fintan O’Toole has written, that carries “an unpardonable snigger of elite condescension.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2020

I remember Mitch because he would ask the silliest questions, like, “Why can’t we see air?” and while everyone would snigger underneath their breath, she would answer his question.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy