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Sneered | Sneering | Sneer | Sneers

Sneered meaning

simple past and past participle of sneer

Using Sneered

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of sneer
  • In the example corpus, sneered often appears in combinations such as: sneered at, he sneered, sneered as.

Context around Sneered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

left 1× first 1× critics 1× sometimes 1× nabokov 1×

Often after:

openly 1×

Sentence patterns with Sneered

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are sometimes sneered as less 1× at first sneered at by 1× certainly be sneered at in 1× delegates who sneered openly at 1× desperate and sneered at his 1× detractors have sneered at her 1× dylan left sneered in my 1× he never sneered at fans 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at times it 1× dylan left sneered 1× eilish s detractors 1× he sneered at 1× he sneered you 1× i had sneered 1×

Common sentence endings:

at in italy 1× by many people 1× epithet they adopted 1× gypsies in babyhood 1× in nova scotia 1× in the mouth 1×

Words around Sneered

Just before it in the word index:

sneer 21 sneedville 2 sneed 52 snedeker 9 snedecor 2 sneddon 15

Just after it in the word index:

sneering 29 sneers 10 sneery 3 sneesby 8 sneeze 94 sneezed 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Sneered

  • In this selection, "sneered" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, left, first, critics and openly stand out and add context to how "sneered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are sometimes sneered as less and at first sneered at by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sneered" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sneered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He sneered: “You’ll never find her. (7 words)

He sneered at questions from Momeni’s defense attorney. (9 words)

Dylan (left) sneered in my ear that he'd punch me in the mouth. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In the most in-your-face defense yet of his “America First” agenda, a defiant Mr. Trump stood before U.N. delegates who sneered openly at him and told them that the U.S. will never submit to international controls as long as he is in charge. (47 words)

It's led many businesses to introduce new themes to help them stand out such as wine with lavender, wine and oysters and even wine with CBD - pairings that would almost certainly be sneered at in Italy. (37 words)

He was more than fifty years of age when he came amongst us: we took him because we wanted him, because he served our turn; we laughed at his uncouth German ways, and sneered at him. (36 words)

Example sentences (14)

Dylan (left) sneered in my ear that he'd punch me in the mouth.

He sneered at questions from Momeni’s defense attorney.

I had sneered as my high school classmates disappeared, heading west for jobs in the oilsands, and turned up my nose when my siblings left Newfoundland for employment in Nova Scotia.

It's led many businesses to introduce new themes to help them stand out such as wine with lavender, wine and oysters and even wine with CBD - pairings that would almost certainly be sneered at in Italy.

The establishment of the Location of Offices Bureau in October 1963 was, at first, sneered at by many people.

Eilish’s detractors have sneered at her unshowy vocals, accusing her of whispering more than singing – but this delicate, assured vocal display surely put paid to that criticism.

Some critics sneered that the trilogy, with its beautiful protagonists (Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irene Jacob), looked like shampoo commercials.

So popular are the banned carrier bags that few Malawians go home without one in hand and the have-nots are sometimes sneered as less caring if not simply broke.

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At times it was obvious how constricted he felt by the part, but he never sneered at fans – he knew what he meant to them.

He sneered: “You’ll never find her.

In the most in-your-face defense yet of his “America First” agenda, a defiant Mr. Trump stood before U.N. delegates who sneered openly at him and told them that the U.S. will never submit to international controls as long as he is in charge.

He was more than fifty years of age when he came amongst us: we took him because we wanted him, because he served our turn; we laughed at his uncouth German ways, and sneered at him.

Scoffers dismissed him as an over-excited zealot and "preacher of the desperate" and sneered at his growing band of followers as Piagioni – "Weepers" or "Wailers", an epithet they adopted.

Writer Vladimir Nabokov sneered that Rockwell's brilliant technique was put to "banal" use, and wrote in his book Pnin : "That Dalí is really Norman Rockwell's twin brother kidnapped by Gypsies in babyhood".

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Common combinations with sneered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Sneered means: simple past and past participle of sneer
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