sneery
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Rodrigo also topped our chart of the year's best singles with Good 4U - a pop-punk putdown worthy of Debbie Harry at her most sneery.
From BBC
I have often been somewhat sneery about many-tiered cakes, but I recently cracked, and ordered four ultra-shallow tins to aid the baking of those multi-layered cakes I disdain.
From The Guardian
So to all you sneery types too cool to appreciate Casualty’s big-hearted appeal, we viewers have watched avidly as, over the years, the show has added several layers of kitsch – like its overdressed little sister Holby City – but we don’t care.
From The Guardian
I often feel vain and silly fiddling about online, and I’ve had sneery comments from acquaintances about it.
From The Guardian
Lindelof’s series features a prestige drama – a-show-within-a-show, in much the same way that the book contained a-comic-within-a-comic – that pays backhanded tribute to Snyder’s movie, with sneery dialogue, ostentatiously cartoonish costumes, lots of slo-mo and gouts of nearly fluorescent blood.
From The Guardian
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