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Meanings of derisive smile in English

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Usage of derisive smile in English
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A slight derisive smile passed over the harsh features of the plague-nurse.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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Julio contemplated the signor, thus overpowered by emotion, with a derisive smile.
The Amulet
3
The viceroy saw the derisive smile that played about his lips.
Mohammed Ali and His House
4
He took it coolly, his strong white teeth flashing in a derisive smile.
Man-Size
5
And a ghastly and derisive smile wandered over his features as he spoke.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
6
A derisive smile unbent the tight lines of the lawyer's mouth.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
7
Barbarina remained proudly erect, and replied to their greeting with a derisive smile.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
8
McCloskey's face contortion was intended to figure as a derisive smile.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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Suddenly a derisive smile appeared on the latter's lips, while Ala's confusion continued.
A Columbus of Space
10
The corner of Whittaker's mouth had lifted in faint, derisive smile.
Career of Evil
11
On the contrary his mouth curls in a derisive smile.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
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The faintly derisive smile died away from her lips.
The Pawns Count
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All of them? inquired the disreputable envoy of Senor Fuentes, with a faint, derisive smile.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
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Once more I saw the little derisive smile flit across the exquisite face, but she said-
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
15
A look within and a slightly derisive smile.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
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He took his pipe from his mouth and looked at me with a thin derisive smile.
The Betrayal
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