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Meanings of sardonic smile in English

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Usage of sardonic smile in English
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A sardonic smile curled the full lips of Apleon, as he said:
The Mark of the Beast
2
He saw the cruel, sardonic smile spread over his face and shuddered.
Jane Cable
3
He stepped well back on the pavement, and smiled a sardonic smile.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
4
I did so deliberately, the purchaser looking on with a sardonic smile.
A Fool and His Money
5
With his polished manners and sardonic smile he reminds one of Mephistopheles.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
6
Andrews's expression tightened and he favoured the tech with a sardonic smile.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
7
Chatellerault maintained his sardonic smile, but permitted himself to utter no word.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
8
Orde, who had been watching him with a slightly sardonic smile, nodded.
The Riverman
9
John Mark bowed with a sardonic smile, but his face was colorless.
Ronicky Doone
10
My companion, the doctor, was observing these proceedings with a sardonic smile.
Autobiography of a Yogi
11
Arms folded; his face with a sardonic smile leering down at us!
Tarrano the Conqueror
12
Ingleton looked at him-still barring his wife's progress-witha faint, sardonic smile.
The Top of the World
13
The big mate was looking at him with a faintly sardonic smile.
And the deep blue sea
14
Then a sardonic smile spread over the face of the apparition.
The White Invaders
15
His sardonic smile still twitched at the corners of his mouth.
Mavericks
16
Then he gave the sardonic smile which was usual with him.
The Moon and Sixpence
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Sardonic smile through the time
Sardonic smile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common