sneer
verb (used without object)
to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt.
are sneering
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present progressiveof sneer.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are sneering at the awkwardness of a man who has abandoned self-awareness.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
You don’t feel the actors are sneering at the dog owners in Best in Show, or the folk singers in A Mighty Wind.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2021
This time around critics are sneering at Governor Brown’s $15 billion plan to bore a pair of 30-mile tunnels east of Sacramento to channel Sierra Nevada runoff to critical agricultural land.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 6, 2014
And now young poets are sneering at us?”
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2010
“Why do you say that?” exclaimed Norman, jumping up, “you are sneering at me; you will go and tell them I daresay that I threw my rod into the water.”
From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by William Henry Giles Kingston
