sneering

present participle of sneer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sneering Norton, meanwhile, is having the time of his life sneering and rolling his eyes at the two younger men who have somehow become his boss. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Unlike The Beatles, Oasis arrived in the US with trademark sneering entitlement. Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneering
Verb
  • Darius is looking over from the sideline, laughing at me.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There were several more pool pics of them together, some showed the couple laughing.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a photo from the wedding posted to a guest's Instagram Stories, Beatrice was seen in a sparkly black dress while smiling beside the happy couple.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, Rucker revealed their relationship to the world by sharing a smiling selfie of the couple standing outside Sphere in Las Vegas.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Sneering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneering. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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