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Meanings of scornful smile in English

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Usage of scornful smile in English
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The idea sobered me, but I dismissed it with a scornful smile.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
2
It must have been this gasping, faintly scornful smile that startled me.
People Like That: A Novel
3
Redwald smiled such a scornful smile, and muttered some words to himself.
Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale of t...
4
His mustached lip curled, as a scornful smile passed over his face.
Beulah
5
Jeremy turned from Mr. Thompson's window, a scornful smile on his face:
Jeremy
6
The stranger said nothing, but stood with the same fixed and scornful smile.
Cord and Creese
7
A bitter, scornful smile lifted the corners of the set lips.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
8
The widow Hanson gave him a scornful smile and toss of her head.
Cow-Country
9
But the king came up, wearing a scornful smile, and he asked her:
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896
10
Loo Loo looked at them with a half- scornful smile, and repeated to herself:
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 / A Magazine ...
11
Then Jiuyémon, looking at them both with a scornful smile, said-
Tales of Old Japan
12
She saw Bragg open his mouth to speak and gave a scornful smile.
Evanly bodies
13
The suggestion of a scornful smile flickered for a moment in the royal eyes.
In Kedar's Tents
14
A scornful smile came over the features of the prisoner.
The Last Look: A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition
15
The stranger stood with a scornful smile on his face.
Cord and Creese
16
A bitter, scornful smile wreathed the lips of his betrothed.
Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
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