Example Sentences

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Rowling sneered at Oates’ concern, while Musk referred to the author as “a bit of an extinctionist.”

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

A couple of generations ago, Antiguan dialect was sneered at and children were commonly forbidden to speak it in school.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

He explicitly sneered at the idea of birth control.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

“Will held up his tape recorder and told him something to the effect of ‘Senator, I have everything you said right here on tape,’ to which the senator sneered ‘Son, your tape — it lies!’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

“It may as well have,” the stranger sneered.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill