Meanings of covert sneer in английском

Her covert sneer did not escape him, but he made no sign.

The covert sneer conveyed in this speech made the peppery Italian fire up.

But Marcus, flushing at the covert sneer, answered, in his quick, straightforward way:

I have been constantly asked, with a covert sneer, Did it repay you?

But there was in his eye a furtive mockery, in his tight-lipped mouth a covert sneer.

There was a covert sneer in the repetition of her name, and Willa made no advance.

There was a covert sneer in the tone with which this half impious interrogation was made.

She despatched Gonzaga to quell the men, a course that Fortemani treated to a covert sneer.

She watched him with a covert sneer.

The Democratic Press accepted Lee's surrender sullenly, printing now and then a covert sneer at Grant or Lincoln.

The Doctor drawled out the words with a covert sneer, watching the quiet, cold face bending over the desk, meantime.

Once, for example, he looked coldly at the man who, with a covert sneer, had asked it, said, You're impudent, sir.

Elsa might not be prepared to marry Arthur, but she certainly would not tolerate a covert sneer in regard to his accomplishments.

Not waiting for a reply he prepared to leave, and a covert sneer crossed his lips as he asked, "Found anything criminal?"

Mr. Cowes attempted to button-hole the popular hero; finding Richard conversing with someone else at the same time, he turned away with a covert sneer.

I shall teach him that a man of my rank"-withcovert sneer at Phips' origin, "is not to be summoned in such rude fashion!