Example Sentences

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Even his fiercely loyal mirror must have sniggered when he rehearsed that line.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2021

How they must have sniggered when they penned that.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2011

Of course, over the decades many intelligent people have sniggered down their sleeves at me for watching Corrie.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010

Old Dame Destiny must have sniggered when she thrust Mrs. Peter Champneys, n�e Nancy Simms, into the exquisitely ordered life of Mr. Berkeley Hayden!

From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway

If a weaker man had called the giant Batson 'a contemptible ass,' Batson would have laughed and the form would have sniggered.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor