`I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : They sneered at his pretensions. From Dictionary.com.
Farrakhan reads sneeringly from the Torah. From Wordnik.com. [June 27, 2004] Reference
"But you have solved it," said Napoleon, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
As he did so he looked sneeringly at Joe, and mumbled. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
One man, sheltered by the shadow, answered sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
"Do you think of leaving?" said Mrs. Horton sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
"And that's all your proof," said the other, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
"Why this man is tipsy," remarked Ch'ing Wen sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
"Why don't you sell your feather?" said Hans, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
He probably had no thought of being sneeringly addressed as. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
"And is it any different in your world?" he said sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
It has been facetiously, sometimes sneeringly, remarked that the. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886] Reference
"I've never seen anything like this," observed lady Feng sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
And in the chorus, deep, hoarse, sneeringly ironical rang the words of. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
"The finish will decide that, I should say," Moran replied sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
Acton was absolutely right when he sneeringly called Gus "Cotton's jackal.". From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
He surveyed the irate young Italian from head to foot, sneeringly, scowlingly. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
"It's no business of my father's," I said hotly, and then he laughed sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
"She does not invite us to the evening parties," exclaimed Leopoldine, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
"I thought you were such a dab at these kinds of things," said Casson, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Louis' School Days A Story for Boys] Reference
"Pretty objects you are making of yourselves, I must say," he remarked, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
Their opponents sneeringly referred to them as "Cannon fodder," and made jokes about. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
"The better for my absence, I suppose you mean," said his brother-in-law sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
"Perhaps some new way of trying to make up an old quarrel," said Norman, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Louis' School Days A Story for Boys] Reference
"That is all in a piece with the rest of Judith's stinginess," she observed sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life] Reference
Philip Holt, who was standing by Mrs. Curtis's side, gazed sneeringly at the operations. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"Does that look as if I lost the keys in your boathouse?" demanded the bully sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa] Reference
"A pity you cannot recollect your Christianity on other occasions," says he, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
"I don't care to have any further conversation with you," said Mr. Annister, sneeringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences] Reference
Dutch nobility, he once sneeringly called this fraction 'the men with the double names.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
Starrett had sneeringly suggested that, to remedy his fallen fortunes -- he might marry Diane!. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
"Unless," he added sneeringly, misinterpreting her silence, "you're afraid of the proprieties?". From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"This must all be lies," Tai-yü answered sneeringly, "as I've never before heard of such a hill.". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Perhaps you will tell us there is no wine there! 'he said sneeringly, fixing his eyes on the child. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of France A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice of Youthful Patriots of France During the Great War] Reference
He never saw their corpses or thought of them sneeringly, and by that sign knew they existed still. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"This looks like an examination," said he sneeringly, "and I shall take leave to be present at it.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
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