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Meanings of sneering tone in English

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Usage of sneering tone in English
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Isaac snorted derisorily, but the big garuda continued in his sneering tone.
Perdido Street Station
2
At last he lowered his outstretched arms and said in a sneering tone:
The Strong Arm
3
We have no lords here, answered the French officer in a sneering tone.
Old Jack
4
I asked, changing the subject, as I did not like his sneering tone.
Dwell Deep; or, Hilda Thorn's Life Story
5
The one with the goatee took on a distinctly sneering tone.
The Diamond Age
6
Dan called in a sneering tone: Bring on your varmints.
The Eagle's Heart
7
Messieurs? he said to the lawyers, in a sneering tone.
The Honor of the Name
8
The Comte de Provence answered in a sneering tone:
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 2
9
He used the same sneering tone to speak to her that he had with me.
Escape
10
It's the sneering tone that forces Fido to interrupt.
The sealed letter
11
Cutting, in a sneering tone, "that the gentleman from New York rose for?"
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
12
There was a sneering tone in the man's voice which fired his companion's easily roused indignation.
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
13
Relieved from his antagonist, Rust recovered his feet, and turning to Grosket said, in a sneering tone:
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
14
The personal one adopted a sneering tone.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
15
Loris' sneering tone grated harshly upon him.
Rabbi and Priest: A Story
16
Marie frowned, for his temper was never of the most patient, and the youth's sneering tone annoyed him.
Jason: A Romance
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