Example Sentences

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One of the kidnappers sneeringly refers to her as “Angelina Ballerina.”

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

It sneeringly implied they were “a bunch of dilettantes,” Sonenshein said, amateurs seeking some rainbows-and-roses ethical governance outside the hard-nosed practicalities of party-boss politics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

As each programmer parrots some Reddit-board interpretation of "The Matrix", Reeves' hero sneeringly bites into a bloody delicious steak of ignorant bliss.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021

Not just mundanely flat, but aggressively, sneeringly terrible.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2020

“And you know how, do you, Trelawney?” said the Dean sneeringly.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman