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Ruth Franklin scoffs that the novel's "utterly persuasive evocation of depravity" could be taken "as a sign of achievement."

Furies 2009

Ruth Franklin scoffs that the novel's "utterly persuasive evocation of depravity" could be taken "as a sign of achievement."

Point of View in Fiction 2009

Ruth Franklin scoffs that the novel's "utterly persuasive evocation of depravity" could be taken "as a sign of achievement."

December 2009 2009

You know u have gone over the top when Palin scoffs at u!

Palin urges restraint at town hall meetings 2009

Ruth Franklin scoffs that the novel's "utterly persuasive evocation of depravity" could be taken "as a sign of achievement."

Translated Texts 2010

They are presently joined by Hickscorner, who is drawn as a libertine returned from travel, and agreeably to his name scoffs at religion.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt 1873

And before anyone scoffs, that is exactly what the bouncer thought.

10/14/2007 2007

Percy’s opening remarks, attributing the ballads to the minstrels, are as well known as the scoffs of the hard-hitting Joseph Ritson, who contemptuously dismissed Percy’s theories, [4] and refused to believe any ballad to be of earlier origin than the reign of Elizabeth.

Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Frank Sidgwick

The author scoffs at Jewish scholars as “curious wranglers, ingenious cabalists, fine splitters of hair, shrewd perverters of texts, sharp detectors of discrepancies, clever concocters of analogies.”

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Because of our bent toward science and statistics, the Count generally scoffs at the idea of jinxes.

The Great Derby Curse Strikes Once Again 2011