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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sneer .
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Examples
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But a mere 12 pages earlier in the book, Fiske talks about perquisite, which he sneers is “commonly called a perk by the ever-monosyllabic, ever-hasty everyman”.
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The Ottawa Citizen's Don Martin sneers at this today, but, while his overall analysis of Iggy's announcement is sound, he is dead wrong here: standing up for all Canadians would resonate very well indeed in a country where every fifth citizen is foreign-born.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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But a mere 12 pages earlier in the book, Fiske talks about perquisite, which he sneers is “commonly called a perk by the ever-monosyllabic, ever-hasty everyman”.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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And the moment he does — McCain sneers and jabs the glowing briquet hard into Warner's left eye.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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And the moment he does — McCain sneers and jabs the glowing briquet hard into Warner's left eye.
“Weenies” 2008
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At Commentary’s Contentions blog, Jennifer Rubin sneers, “Conservatives disappointed by defeat can take a measure of satisfaction in knowing that the Left is slowly realizing that it’s been had.”
Blogtalk: The Lieberman Vote - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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At Commentary’s Contentions blog, Jennifer Rubin sneers, “Conservatives disappointed by defeat can take a measure of satisfaction in knowing that the Left is slowly realizing that it’s been had.”
Blogtalk: The Lieberman Vote - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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WMDs were a mistake; ever since then, it’s been a constant stream of lies, mischaracterizations, snarks, and sneers from the left.
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The right-wing media's latest triumph and indirect attack on Obama -- recall the sneers from the right at candidate Obama's "community organizer" credentials -- was to incite Congress to ram home the "Defund ACORN Act of 2009."
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The misery & solitude & apathy & the sneers were the elements of an index of superiority ....
The Making of Samuel Beckett Coetzee, J.M. 2009
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