How to Use snicker in a Sentence

snicker

1 of 2 verb

• The ones who laugh and snicker are the ones that failed.
  — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
• But the rest of the world snickered at the idea of blood running in the streets of Zurich.
  — Stephen Mihmbloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
• A few of our classmates in the front row hear him and snicker.
  — EW.com, 27 Apr. 2020
• As the Akron Beacon Journal would note, the townsfolk snickered at the irony.
  — Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2023
• Behind Trump, his very white, very male gang of aids snickered and smiled, as though egging him on.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2018
• Windows and Android users, feel free to snicker and shake your heads.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Such a research is doubtless shocking and could be snickered at by the sly; but evil be to him who thinks it!
  — Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Such a research is doubtless shocking and could be snickered at by the sly; but evil be to him who thinks it!
  — Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• Some might snicker about the sequins and dresses and makeup.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
• Had his agent asked for one, the Sixers would have snickered at the audacity of such a request.
  — Mike Sielski, Philly.com, 19 June 2018
• Some of us Americans like to snicker at the Brits, with their madness over the queen — their affection for her.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Sep. 2022
• Visitors have long snickered at the name on the Beacon Street entrance.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• For outsiders, this idea of being shy about peeing in public is an easy thing to snicker at.
  — Dario Sabaghi, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2020
• Liberal critics wouldn’t be so quick to snicker at the appalling I, Tonya, then.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 Jan. 2018
• Indeed, the goddess’s garb gave newspapers across the land something to huff and/or snicker about.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2017
• Try not to snicker when one unruly creature gets the microwave treatment.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• Her pitches skidded in the dirt, bounced off home plate and soared over the catcher’s head as onlookers snickered and grumbled.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 26 July 2023
• Back in 2012, skeptics used to snicker at the idea that video games were trying to turn into sports to legitimize themselves.
  — Swish Goswami, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• And so the president is probably snickering at the whole thing.
  — Fox News, 22 Apr. 2018
• Tom Hanks son, Colin Hanks, made us snicker with his one-of-a-kind tribute.
  — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 16 June 2019
• Some critics snickered, or accused him of trying to restrict free speech.
  — Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
• Sample the agony of the parents in that series, and then consider: Are child protective services a good thing to snicker about?
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
• Well, this story is pretty old-fashioned — something to snicker at, maybe.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Dec. 2021
• The tribal casino sports books and off-shore gambling sites have to be snickering at the absurdity.
  — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2020
• Some people stopped, stared and snickered, while others cautiously approached the screen, trying to figure out how to turn it off.
  — Martine Powers, Washington Post, 19 May 2017
• The play snickers at the pieties of not-for-profit theater, at the failings and flailing of the theater community around issues of racial difference and art.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019
• But mention Ireland’s name in NFL circles and people might start snickering because of that 2013 draft class.
  — Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• There are a lot of reasons to snicker at New California’s would-be Founding Fathers.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 17 Jan. 2018
• During the early part of Beilein's tenure at U-M, plenty snickered about the head coach's fondness of playing small in an effort to spread people out and attack.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2018
• Barker was an animal-rights activist, and there was always some snickering about this.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023

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snicker

2 of 2 noun

• Snickers will also try to boost buzz for the spot with a 36-hour live stream ahead of the game.
  — Steven Perlberg, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2017
• That grin is a smirk, a freeze-frame guffaw, and a snicker of contempt all at the same time.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
• But if the league’s players are well clear of the top of the leaderboard, the snickers will grow as much as some of the golfers’ bank accounts have.
  — Alan Blinder, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• White House sources said the joke at first elicited some nervous snickers.
  — Fox News, 11 May 2018
• The same boys who’d sneer and snicker should they be forced to take my hand during music class chose me first to be on their teams in P.E. class.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 26 Oct. 2017
• When the new features were announced, there were audible snickers in the room.
  — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 24 Feb. 2019
• And Kelley kills it, mining deep laughs from what is more than likely a chuckle or snicker in the script.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• This isn’t to shame anyone who enjoys a good snicker at our expense.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
• Where others get lost in the despair, Irwin finds the salvation in a snicker.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2017
• Either way, the gesture by the 78-year-old actress drew snickers from the audience.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
• This, too, drew online snickers from the peanut gallery and was still was getting callbacks days later.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2018
• Mention a waterbed in a group of people over 50 and watch everyone snicker.
  — Dylan Jackson, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• This routine had drawn snickers behind his back from some colleagues.
  — John Carreyrou, WIRED, 21 May 2018
• Fortunately, our hero can count on his vorpal blade to go snicker-snack.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
• The unit number, 420, once made a Blockbuster video employee snicker.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
• Dressed in a charcoal suit and white shirt, Musk calmly answered the questions and slipped in an occasional droll remark that drew snickers from jurors and the gallery.
  — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2019
• Because at the height of his popularity in the ‘70s and ‘80s, his style of soft rock was a snicker-inducing contrast to the punk, prog rock and flutterings of New Wave music of the era.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 28 July 2017
• And then came the laugh, a snicker that would enter the annals of N.B.A. history as one of the most awkward moments ever witnessed at a basketball event.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2019
• The mood of the moment was captured in a single image: A coyly smiling Pelosi clapping sideways at Trump, as if stifling a snicker.
  — Mike Debonis, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
• Several of the names have brought prurient snickers from those with creatively immoral minds.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 20 May 2016
• Some of her comments drew audible snickers from members of the audience.
  — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 7 Jan. 2020
• One night, Foxx started doing his Mike Tyson material at a club and despite the material being a big hit in past shows, there wasn’t even a snicker.
  — Rick Bentley, star-telegram.com, 22 June 2017
• Kulick and teammates produced a flawless outing in the field, and let out a snicker or two after Delgado sent Mustang hitters back to the dugout shaking their heads in embarrassment.
  — Brent Kennedy, Howard County Times, 7 Apr. 2018
• The snicker-snack of addiction is inside consumerism, and inside the version of human relations that is determined by consumerism.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 June 2018
• That’s a helluva lot of stuff to wrap your arms around in one play, even allowing for a near three hour running time, and while individual scenes engage the mind and coax up frequent rueful snickers, Against mostly fails to shift the heart.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 1950
• Kevin Love’s latest endeavor may elicit snickers from Warriors fans.
  — Daniel Mano, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2017
• But instead of cringing at the endless jokes and snickers — at the double-takes and disbelieving restaurant hostesses — the handful of descendants named after the famed Bostonian have openly embraced it.
  — Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
• But then there’s the mean and insensitive snicker, Disrespectful and low on civility.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 25 June 2019
• To forgo the negligibly time-consuming step of selecting a new outfit every day, Mr. Mayer is willing to subject himself to snickers from his family and shivers down his arms.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
• Loyal staffers are often rewarded with promotions (not always merited, one source snickers), and indeed there are already rumblings that Yaccarino is looking to poach employees from NBC.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 14 May 2023

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