Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
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Examples for "sneering "
Examples for "sneering "
1 You must have noticed him among the company: a swarthy sneering fellow.
2 The stranger remained in the same attitude with the same sneering smile.
3 Adulteration of food, legal or otherwise, is no laughing or sneering matter.
4 But he is always backbiting and sneering ; he admires nothing and nobody.
5 An understanding ear would have caught the sneering undertone in these words.
1 Remarkable days indeed.' He gave the snide servant a look of exasperation.
2 The woman was obviously used to dealing with hysteria and snide remarks.
3 Joshua piloted the MSV himself, ignoring Ashly's snide remarks about union rules.
4 I'm going to say snide things about Demosthenes in my first column.
5 I slunk off into the living room and ignored Smokey's snide expression.
1 Craig straightened in his seat; but not as before in attitude supercilious .
2 A moment later, he shoots me that supercilious look of the über-geeky.
3 Yet there was nothing sarcastic or supercilious in the way Ames spoke.
4 He was no longer the drawling, supercilious naval officer in resplendent uniform.
5 You can see him; and passed on with a somewhat supercilious air.
6 The young man turned a supercilious face on the boy, but answered:
7 Dillworth sat back in his chair at ease, with a supercilious smile.
8 But Captain Pinckney had recovered his supercilious ease with the significant demand.
9 They passed the telegrams from hand to hand, Norwood looking rather supercilious .
10 She took a deep breath and tried to maintain a supercilious dignity.
11 Still she smiled although a supercilious undertone tried to gain beastly dominion.
12 I hate his supercilious manner, his superior tone, and his unctuous bearing.
13 Lablache's supercilious tone of mockery drove him to the verge of madness.
14 The eyes, however, were still handsome, if supercilious , and her manners velvety.
15 The instant lift of Florimond's eyebrows was full of insolent, supercilious disdain.
16 He was in no mood to receive the congratulations of the supercilious Wachtmann.
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