Sneering

Examples

• Another woman was laughing or sneering at her expense, and he not angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was terrible to think of again encountering those bearded, sneering simpletons; yet the ground must be retraced, and the steps sought out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Scornful, sneering creature! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A half-paralysed white sneering fellow--rather handsome head, but eyes with a lot of lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And all this with such a sneering, leering, insolent face that I would have knocked him down twenty times over if he had been a man of my own age. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As she delivered it, Legree looked in her eyes with a sneering yet inquiring glance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She twisted her face in a smile, and glanced knowingly, almost sneering, at Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She left the room as she spoke, her features writhed into a sort of sneering laugh, which made them seem even more hideous than their habitual frown. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Beaufort was saying in his loud sneering voice as Archer entered. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She would greet nobody, but young men nodded to her frequently, with a kind of sneering familiarity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They say--I have heard them say it with sneering laughs many a time--the matrimonial market is overstocked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You are dreaming, sir,--or you are sneering. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He advanced toward the Marchioness and Newland with his usual half-sneering smile. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And you are not going to be French, and sceptical, and sneering? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were sneering and negligent. Jane Austen. Emma.

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