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Meanings of jeers at in English

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Usage of jeers at in English
1
The only hint of an atmosphere were the jeers at full-time.
The Guardian
2
Thinking that virtue has no efficacy, he jeers at men of righteous behaviour.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
3
And all these things the dealer handles, and shakes, and jeers at, and depreciates.
The Count's Millions
4
He insults the priestly rank, he jeers at miracles, he has no belief in gods.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
5
In short, I was more than a father to him, and now-nowhe jeers at me!
The Idiot
6
He is fifty-two and a volunteer, in stark opposition to the Squire, who jeers at him perpetually.
Elizabeth's Campaign
7
The baron jeers at painted pots, but he makes them himself, and paints them in the ancient colors.
The Argonauts
8
Forgotten are their mutinies, their profane disregard of the Articles of War, their jeers at generals and such.
The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 / The C...
9
It beats down my enthusiasm, it jeers at my faith, it spits into the face of my unselfishness!
The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
10
They find nothing and Dewey jeers at the old man when he can't climb out of the hole.
The new yorker
11
History jeers at the attempts of physiologists to bind great original laws by the forms which flow from them.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
12
He jeers at this, scouts such prudery, proclaims it far beneath the dignity of his standing as a southern gentleman.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
13
Freeza jeers at him.
Wired
14
They leap up on each other's backs to gain a better vantage-ground from which to hurl their jeers at him.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
15
From all sides, in eagerness to see, the people of Troy run streaming in, and vie in jeers at their prisoner.
The Aeneid of Virgil
16
On the contrary, with revolting heartlessness and irreverence, she jeers at her aunt's grief and the last offices of the dead.
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume...
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