How to Use scoff in a Sentence

scoff

verb

• And don’t scoff at those of us who still wear masks to the grocery store.
  — Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• There was a time—and not very long ago—that would have scoffed at 11% growth.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• If enough friends scoff, that may change — but next year.
  — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2020
• And the 2023 fall fashion trends are nothing to scoff at.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 28 July 2023
• The sonnets are an open secret, at which the wife scoffs.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• In the city, most drivers seemed to scoff at the showers and spurn the use of windshield wipers.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• Some people might scoff at the idea of doing burpees to lose weight.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
• That's nothing to scoff at, seeing that the brand has made some of the best footwear and activewear to date.
  — Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 20 May 2022
• On Thursday, Prescott scoffed at why he was asked about that 49ers game.
  — Calvin Watkins The Dallas Morning News, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• Some folks may scoff at you, or try to take away your Southern card, but not us!
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
• Nobody scoffed at his first tee shot, a 280-yard blast straight down the fairway.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• Allies of Trump scoff at the narrative of Jan. 6 that has emerged.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024
• But of course, other observers scoffed: These things weren’t even that big.
  — Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• There are some who will scoff at the notion that reading a book is a good way to spend Labor Day.
  — Laura Kostelny, Country Living, 19 Aug. 2022
• Many celebrities scoffed at being without a blue check and refused to pay $8 a month for it.
  — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2023
• But the most powerful solar flare in five years is nothing to scoff at.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
• The median asking price now clocks in at $2,975, which is still nothing to scoff at.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
• The writers, represented by the WGA, scoffed at the offer.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• Eloy declared it 12 pounds (more likely 10, still nothing to scoff at).
  — David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2022
• Staff at the local clinic scoff at the idea of someday providing IVF.
  — Maahil Mohamed Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• There are critics outside the party — mainly on the left — who scoff at the idea that the ticket is some kind of success story.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 14 July 2022
• There are those who scoff at the Brewers, in the middle of a playoff race, losing arguably the best closer in baseball over the past four years.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2022
• Experts scoffed at this way of measuring how much was found for two reasons.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• But those who know E.J. and have seen his work firsthand scoffed at the suggestion that age should restrict talent.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Adonis scoffs as the video fades into his father's single.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
• But the hotel’s eight other dining venues are nothing to scoff at, either.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
• When one of the kids, a midsize blonde hot shot (Brady Hepner), scoffs, Hunham slams his hands on the table so hard utensils fly.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Global investors scoffed at its attempt to start that process of hiking rates on March 19; the yen is even weaker today.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Still, most economists scoff at the idea of changing the Fed’s inflation target.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
• Talent and agents scoff at the idea that employees of the same large firm would not wink at each other on price and other financial terms.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 July 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024