| 单词 | sneer |
| 例句 | Now the man’s sneer became a smile, and he raised his eyebrows slightly before he and his partner moved on to the next family. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She sneered again and then opened the door. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupin was reminding him of the sneering Hufflepuff Zacharias Smith, who had jeered at Harry for wanting to teach Dumbledore’s Army how to Disarm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My unborn daughter waved at me, and my two sons hopped up and down, and a drill sergeant named Blyton sneered and shot up a finger and shook his head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heavy black brows, and dark scornful eyes; his large mouth curled in a sneer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As I think that, Cardan’s smile turns into a more familiar sneer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Ha, ha, very funny,” Ben sneered at his sister. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But then his sneer turned to a smirk, an evil grin, and I knew what was coming. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Declaration taunted Peach: "Where they throw dirt over dead people and leave them there for the worms/” She turned to sneer at me: "It’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s looking at me as he says it, and his face is more sneer than smile. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The way he said the word, hissing it, sneering it, made her feel sick. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A small group of boys huddled in a circle off to the side, laughing and sneering. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As Biff looked on with a sneer, Renee replied, Oh, really? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want a taste of the stick too, you little beggar?” the man sneered, spitting drops of saliva. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I expected Amaka to sneer, but she gave me a pair of yellow shorts as if it were normal that I did not have any. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Time to split up the dream team, I think,” he sneered. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I ain’t close enough to hear, but his father says something sharp, something that wipes the sneer clean off Tyler’s face, and then Jack Croft himself looks at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “My dear man, please believe me, I have no pleasure at all in being inside your — er — d’you call this a house?” said Lucius Malfoy, sneering as he looked around the small cabin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Take a good look at the sky, Sky God,” High John sneered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Gully was bent over, his face sneering into mine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Early in their history, the Marajoara must have sneered at the lowly cultures on their borders. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In their minds they sneered at unsettled people who had no house to go to and occasionally in their pride they brought a guest home for a day or two. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Puny and insignificant, you mean. You are dreaming, sir,—or you are sneering. For God’s sake, don’t be ironical!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He was clearly startled by the Paqo’s sudden presence behind him, but he gave me a final sneer before he moved toward the rock with the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His sneer was audible all the way across the room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But Nonnie looked straight down her short nose at every sneer and they stopped, at least the face-to-face ones did. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She waited for the sneer and sarcasm, but it didn’t come. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then he sneered and some more papers fluttered to the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z How does he sneer and speak to me like nothing happened? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I can shoot you in the leg,” he sneered, lowering his rifle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In one hand was a barbecued pork sandwich, suspended between the tray and her sneering mouth. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggers reacted to Roosevelt’s critiques by sneering at her “polemical tone” and “extravagant claims.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I told you that to get you off my back,” Clyde sneered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It’s better up here away from the phonies and the dilettantes. Here I can do what I want and no one comes to sneer. You’re not a sneerer, are you?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “I beg your pardon,” replied Miss Bingley, turning away with a sneer. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Yang Fan gave a haughty sneer but seemed content with my response. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I’m at the store by myself, the cashier sneers, ‘Go back to Saudi Arabia.’” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Shoot,” Bull sneered, “I talked to some folks already and they told me that Arrabelle Smalls was the laziest, most worthless, most good-for-nothing so and so that ever spit between two lips.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s about fourteen and wears old clothes and a permanent sneer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “And now the twins are—” “Oh, preparing for their doomsday show in Rome,” Phorcys sneered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His expression twisted to a sneer when he reached the back and surveyed the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She let it fall back onto the table and graced us with a sneer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We sneered at voting, for we felt that the choice between one political crook and another was too small for serious thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge soldier sneers at the man and pushes him to another Khmer Rouge soldier standing beside him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What I could see clearly were the teeth: white and large and sharp, exposed in a sneer. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When she finally spotted it, Jeff was already headed in her direction with a sneer across his face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When he spoke his words were respectful, but there was the undercurrent of a sneer in his voice. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just enjoying my front row seat at Payback Fest,” he sneered. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But then she sneered a little, and he assumed he must have imagined it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She doesn’t care and I’m put into that class with Malachy and I know all his friends are there sneering at me because I was put back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, so Dustfinger’s playing with his best friend again,” he sneered as he climbed the shallow steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A shorter, paler, much younger man sneers at us... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Odenigbo looked at her and there was a small, sneering smile on his face, as though he was both amused and annoyed by her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Through a haze of rain and pain he dived for the shimmering, sneering face below him and saw its eyes widen with fear: Malfoy thought Harry was attacking him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The glare of the flames showed scars, sneers, weapons pulled out and ready. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He sneered at the short man with the glasses. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Goeth was a stout man with an arrogant sneer and a bully's swagger. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t answer to you or this school,” the cop sneered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Why?” she demanded belligerently, her mouth curling suddenly into a vehement sneer and her eyes flashing with anger. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A hint of a sneer played about the lad's lips; he was en-joying this. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “That isn’t going to be too easy,” he sneered. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Listening to his screams, Jinny found herself sneering at the boy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “So, how was the big party, Snots?” she said with a sneer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Others still called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking of deep aversion and deep scorn. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z No, I—" "You just a slave," sneered Major. "You was born a slave. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Without waiting for his approval, she entered the trees to the sneers and snickers of the Champions who had overheard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “He thinks he’s got troubles ? What about me ?” Doc Daneeka continued slowly with a gloomy sneer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Potter and his friends may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said, a slight sneer curling his mouth as though he doubted it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She zeroed in on me and gave me an evil sneer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Go on along with them,” Captain Black called out to the chaplain with a hostile and contemptuous sneer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "I got my orders, Mac," the man called, waving the pistol with a sneer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The man with the bottle still loomed in my mind, his sneer as sharp as the glass edges that had glinted in the sun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The New Yorker sneered at the error, Ogden Nash wrote a poem about it, Walter Cronkite refused to say it on the air, and Strunk and White declared it illiterate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Mama bought me a straw hat,” he sneered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob’s heart is pounding as he looks between the cruel men with their lazy sneers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Riptide grew into a three-foot-long bronze sword, its blade glowing with a faint golden light Tammi’s smile turned to a sneer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “If we don’t fall or die first,” Dylan sneers. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z This was a car that sneered at speed limits. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Another would sneer “You wouldn’t know your old man if you saw him, he’s been gone so long. You sure you know who your pa is, kid?” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the portico they tied the animals, and Melanthios looked at Odysseus with a sneer. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cry me a river, why don’t you?” he sneers. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “You have brought the vermin into my prison from your filthy homes,” he sneered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, she is talking like a Big Man’s daughter,” Amaka said, and I was grateful that she did not sneer at me, that she echoed her mother’s laughter instead. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Now she was being made to look different from the ratty, thin-faced girl with the permanent sneer and the swift frown, his closest friend. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It you don’t stand too close to someone who is taller than you, you can still affect to sneer down your nose at him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I was just sposed to see if there were rumors of you on the road ahead,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. sneers, “but here you are, in the real honest-to-God flesh.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. gave me one of his trademark sneers and took off running. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he says to the class, There is sneering here. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I warned you; I warned you I was the Senses Taker,” sneered the Senses Taker. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “She was looking to Islam!” he said with a sneer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She doesn’t ask with a sneer, the way people have often asked me that question. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was classic Zach—the sneering, superior put-down tone that he used on other people, but never on me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He smiles, but it’s more of a sneer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The neighbors sneered at you, knowing that you were “racetrack people.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve done things that would make your eyes drop out,” Maria sneered. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Malfoy’s sneering face kept looming up out of the darkness — this was his big chance to beat Malfoy face-to-face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The SS officer of the watch sneered at us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “It may as well have,” the stranger sneered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Adam pushes his mouth forward like he’s sneering and nods. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The older woman sneered, but she didn’t try to argue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Phillip, our top manager except for an occasional “consultant” sent out by corporate headquarters, opens it with a sneer: “The break room— it’s disgusting. Butts in the ashtrays, newspapers lying around, crumbs.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering that now, with Dad’s voice still ringing in my ears, I sneered at my brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She turned around and regarded me with a smile that looked more like a sneer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Turner was impressed that Willis could smile at his mother and sneer at him at one and the same moment. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Their faces were masks of disapproval, sneering mouths and squinty eyes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “You,” he said with a sneer so pronounced it went past comical to flat-out disturbing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Hello, Peach,” he says, a sneer spreading on his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chaol’s hand darted to his sword as the soldiers turned to her, some of them sneering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now Mr. Fitt was a grim man, an enforcer, with a small, sneering mouth; in another life he might have been a carnivorous fish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Obviously you don’t know who we are,” sneered the fifth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t even know her,” sneered the Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z From the moment the article had appeared, Harry had had to endure people — Slytherins, mainly -— quoting it at him as he passed and making sneering comments. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She watched them with a sneer, and for this she felt guilty; she had guarded their memories so preciously and yet, finally seeing them, she watched them with a sneer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was so content she almost didn’t bother to sneer at them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He flicked his tail at them and sneered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She also decided she didn’t like this young man with the dark eyebrows, the sneering smile, and the repulsive need to spit so often. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper lip curled up in a sneer when he said those last two words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I say, and Uncle Robert turns back and sneers, “We were here at dawn. Shawn is in the first group,” and I go back to my application and finish up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I got a quarter,” the thin white lips sneered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Startled, it looked up and saw me on the porch, and then I swear it sneered at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The others move on through the throng as Valerian sneers down at me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes they would sneer outright, for no reason, before I looked down to avoid eye contact. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Jordan seemed to sneer at him from across the gym, feeling Gerald’s hatred and laughing at it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Satisfied that she was, the official sneered at her, “It felt good going in, but it’s going to be hell coming out.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Less likely to sneer—or maybe that was simply because I would not see the sneer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Well," sneered the soldier, "no one ever won a wound by boasting, eh? Young Wiglaf against the Firedrake! That should be a fight worth watching! When are you going to volunteer?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “You and me have nothing in common,” he sneered. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Alice used to sneer at me when I left our class for my special daily period upstairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who said we were scared?” she shot back at him with a clipped little sneer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly not the white monsters on the other side of the exhibit at that very moment, pushing their greasy snouts against the window, sneering and hooting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From sneering comments Harry overheard, Malfoy was certain Buckbeak was going to be killed, and seemed thoroughly pleased with himself for bringing it about. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Mars Bar jammed his arms downward, stuck out his chin, sneered. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Saying all that stuff about not letting myself be invisible was easy enough in the Spinney, where there was no Edie to sneer at me, nobody to gawk at me or pretend I’m not there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Now holding the chicken in one hand, the sneering goblin rushed to meet him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Too bad chemistry teachers don’t keep a stash of mats and ropes handy just in case of emergency,” Z sneered. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We became particularly hot upon some boorish sneer of Drummle’s, to the effect that we were too free with our money. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "You know what I call those problems?" sneered the sword. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But the politician, at other times, eager to do good for man, may sneer at the artist because the art product cannot be used by him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His smile, as he leads the younger boys around campus, should perhaps have a hint of a sneer underneath. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When the women first arrived, the men greeted them with insincere politeness—and some sneering. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But there had been no resentment in Amaka’s eyes, no sneer, no turndown of her lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Pepperhorn sneered at them and grabbed Valley roughly by the arm, shaking her until her hood slipped off. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The elite of Durham sneered openly at them whereas middle-class whites tried to put as much distance as possible between themselves and their poorer cousins. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z On the sweltering afternoon of June 29, at Boston’s Suffolk Downs, the horse found him. he colt was practically sneering at him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have sneered, then, at the upholstered period chairs, the looped drapes, the men and women cut from a glossy whisky ad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Is he smiling at me, or is he sneering? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d sneer at her, tell her she was ugly, and say, “Dale mean—she born mean and she gonna stay mean.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Now if I hear of one boy in this class jeering and sneering at McCourt or his brother over their shoes the stick will come out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But here, it was hard to focus when Cain was nearby, taunting and sneering, waiting for her to make one mistake. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They are not locked into their usual the-world-is-beneath-me sneer, but hang on his face like melting cheese, creating the illusion that he is an actual human being and a sad one, at that. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I fell off to sleep wondering when Amaka would come in, if her lips would turn down at the corners in a sneer when she looked at me sleeping. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z With a reptilian sneer, Mr. Flux said, “That was the day I was born. Any questions?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I told you that to get you off my back,” Clyde sneered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Why do you bother to plant the seeds?” a voice sneered from behind. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “So busy you neglect your gang duties?” he sneered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It sneered, revealing a full set of ivory canines. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Wiki sniped, somehow making her voice sneer—her favorite expression—because her face couldn’t. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He’s not smiling or sneering or smirking at all anymore. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone who was staring at them with a sneer and hatred. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Percy jabbed Riptide at the nearest shriveled hag, but she only sneered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All these years and still she shivered with fright when he was like this, sneering, tightening the belt around his fist, the creaking of the leather, the glint in his bloodshot eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “That’s right,” sneered a cold voice from the wall behind Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She looked over her shoulder, giving Dorian a sneer as she led the princess deeper into the garden. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps my lips didn’t curl into a sneer but they could have. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know. But she made a sneering face at him and she imitated his way of walking. She made fun of him. It was only for a second, though.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Your mother confessed,” sneered Riddle-Harry, while Riddle-Hermione jeered, “that she would have preferred me as a son, would be glad to exchange...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He sneers, moving as if to shrug off the knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He seems taken aback, although the sneer doesn’t leave his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In response, Caroline only twists her face up in a sneer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Yet, he remembered times he’d made such a confession to Otto, and his cousin would sneer, and scoff, and say things like, “How do you not know that?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “So,” Cro-Magnon said with a sneer, “does your dad still clean toilets for a living?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She loves going to the club, even though she makes fun of the snobs who go there by sneering and strutting around with her nose twitching high in the air. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not care for any of the officers, with their superior sneers and the way they treated their soldiers like sheep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Kaz waited for acknowledgment—a smirk, a sneer, some spark of recognition. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Spare me, ” he cried, “I’m sorry—” But Jose only sneered, To see such a frightened copper, So full of pathetic fear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyebrows rose and her lips parted, like she was so surprised by what I’d said that she didn’t have time to roll her eyes or sneer. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sneered, as if the golden boy was not his favorite person. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’s smiling, too, but it’s not his usual sneer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You might sneer at this, but I know now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have two mouths to afford you such luxury!” he fumed, advancing threateningly toward me, a cold sneer on his thinlipped, cankerous mouth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The slave catcher did not speak, sneering at Cora with his bloody mouth the while. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As if I looked like those, thought Ralph with a sneer. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z And it would be so flaunting, such a sneer at the Aunts, so sinful, so free. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The others look impressed, but the girl just sneers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Gawaine’s mind did not move easily along the paths of irony, so he accepted the sneer as statement of fact. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ain’t my daughter,” Jordan sneered as he tried to force her to the bed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘That is a very interesting remark,’ sneered a voice, softer than the others but more evil. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I been noticing how Miss Hilly act all sweet and happy when she talk to Heather and William, but ever time she turn to Miss Leefolt, she get a sneer on her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Alex turned—and came face to face with the sneering mug of Calvin Butts. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, we’d better ask him, then,” said Bigwig, with something like a sneer. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Bartholomew, the boys’ teacher, shuffled in from the adjacent cloister and pulled back his hood, revealing his flabby face, tiny eyes, and permanent sneer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Or even more likely, it was because I took an instant dislike to his giant orange moustache and he often caught me staring at it with what was probably a little sneer under the nose. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, I quite agree," sneers the fearless leader, rubbing his tiny squirrel paws together with glee. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Something I hadn’t seen except as a sneer lately. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And I could already hear the sneers at my poor scrapings, the scorn at my childish vanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One lady he makes eye contact with openly sneers at him like he’s done something wrong. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He lets me cry for a while, but it must bore him, because the dazzling smile disappears and now his lip is twisted into a sneer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “So — have you stopped the attacks yet?” he sneered. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Do you?” said the boy, with a slight sneer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z ‘You have spoken more than enough, Uglúk,’ sneered the evil voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But if he holds himself a little more stiffly as he sneers, that seems to be the only difference in his manner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Eric sneered at me, and then he and Mike left the hotel. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I don't mean a nasty sneer, but an amused, mysterious sneer, as if all the people around her were pretty silly and she could tell some good jokes on them if she wanted to. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Listen to the story and learn from the crow’s mistakes, for the crow did not see the fox’s sneer, but only heard his deceptive words.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was always very careful not to seem to sneer at the rest of the islanders for their lack of education. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Always the Boy Scout,” sneers Jacqui—and although I expect her to argue, she says, “Fine. The rest of us will stay here and enjoy the nonexistent air-conditioning.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly looked emotionally at Ignatius for agreement but was treated only to a sneering moustache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Malfoy sneered and motioned for Harry and Ron to follow him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One of them looked straight at me and sneered before she turned back to her companion. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At dinner, Zippernose smirked and sneered and snickered until my mother finally said, “What is it?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She described the sneering fury in his face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seems you need a lesson in patriotism,” he sneered. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Martha takes a moment to sneer before firing the hard ball again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Owen hated the motor—sneered and called it “a cast-iron mainsail”— and David had never seen him use it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor and I should have known better than to call him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Percy sneered. “/ will live again in this body. The Earth Mother has promised. I will go where I please, control whom I wish.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He straightened up and found himself face-to-face with Draco Malfoy, who was wearing his usual sneer. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The last time I see Chuck Parson prowling the halls, his smile half a sneer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z At least if she had one, it would be one less thing for the kids at school to sneer about. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Well, well, well,” sneered Snape, taking out his wand and tapping the padlock once, so that the chains snaked backward and the gates creaked open. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Bobby walked to his board and silently sneered at the chess timer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Last year when El Lider jailed a famous Cuban poet, she sneered at “those leftist intellectual hypocrites” for trying to free him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Goddard sneered and tapped his blade against the huge tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As the boys behind me call names and the girls to each side sneer, I look straight ahead because those sheep are smiling at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariam struggled against him, mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, his upper lip curled in a sneer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There were the occasional looks askance, of course, sneers from people upon hearing his accent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The stick will sting, boys.The ash plant will whistle through the air, it will land on the backside of the boy that jeers, the boy that sneers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Fischer, deciding to use Tal's tactics against him, tried producing his own stare, and even flashed Tal an abbreviated, sneering smile of contempt. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Up close, his sneering face seemed impossibly large. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “They do not sneer at the crawlers. It is the smallness of the tunnel. Fliers do not like a place they cannot spread their wings.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I’m really going to tell you, because it’s your business, Potter,” sneered Malfoy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It seems he did make an effort for a while, but he’d no sooner have started on something, there’d be sneers and giggles all around him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I am struck suddenly by his height, by the arrogant sneer he wears like a crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and try to soak it in, but every time I do, Long and Tate sneer back at me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Valley Pepperhorn’s amulet shone a bright red, and a happy sneer crossed her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “You always know everything about everything,” Rojakke sneered, leaning in, the stink of lager and onions on his breath. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It seemed to Antain that she said the word with a little bit of a sneer in her voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A slender, tall man with thinning blond hair surveyed the circle and sneered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Miss Bingley saw all this likewise; and, in the imprudence of anger, took the first opportunity of saying, with sneering civility: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Her upper lip curls into a little sneer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pale and shaky, he moved about the laundry working as hard as any of us; but after a while he began to get snappish again, and to sneer at things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. sneered, which is another thing he’s good at. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He sneered and jeered and raised old scandals, and would not stop making everyone there miserable until Thor arrived at the feast. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Assuming an aggressive, sneering manner that seemed forced, for really he is a mild and lenient man, Smith asked the witness if he had a nickname. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She sneered at him, but switched out the flavor for vanilla. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She laughed at him; her nostrils flared and her face was sneering. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His face looked just as Piper remembered - green as bile, with a twisted sneer, his seaweed-coloured hair braided with swords and axes taken from dead demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe all that fame’s going to your head, Captain,” Hatchet sneered, “because you seem to think you can waltz in here and get what you want with one gun, when the truth is you’re outnumbered.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know perfectly well what you’re after,” the girl said with a sneer. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Who wants to live forever?” sneered the rat. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z C.P. just sneered at the idea, saying, “Wilbur, I don’t particularly like you and I don’t even want to discuss it with you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He kept step with them, walking backward, a furious sneer on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Matty was sneering, as if the mention of his celebrity was offensive under the circumstances. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “About” he returned with something like a sneer, plus another scratch of his beard. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He sneered at the twins and turned coldly to Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Watch the bear,” he said, just as I tripped on the open sneering mouth of a black bearskin rug, its fangs a trap in the gloom for the unwary. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I think she wants you bad, Todd,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. sneers. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Jackson sneered, then forced the sneer into a smile. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not. Don't be ridiculous. That's his dogs. The kennels are at the end of this corridor. You're even stupider than I thought,” she says with a sneer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And every time he spoke to Alex, he used the same sneering tone of voice. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The gold cloaks who had the watch sneered when she told them to let her in. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sneers my name in an elaborate, condescending manner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She seemed perfectly at home among these women and treated me coolly, with a slight sneer, like a dim and inferior acquaintance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Tobias sees me coming, and I can see the sneer on his pale brutish face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When the backs of her fingers brushed the true sprig of youth, she sneered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m killing him! You can’t stop me! I’m killing him,” he sneered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Dirty Jews!” one of the men sneered, spitting on the ground. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I think of Haymitch’s sneering at my plans to flee District 12, start my own uprising, even the very notion that District 13 could exist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He lurks behind the others, sneering at them all. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He stood with his hand on Draco’s shoulder, sneering in just the same way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He has long teeth and a sneer, the greased black hair of a mean man. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His eyes were glittering and there was a nasty sneer playing around his mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Sit back down and count your money, Pops,” High John said with a sneer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When she smiles, she doesn’t smirk or sneer. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z "Ye won't be able to see the causeway in the dark," Clotho sneers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Or he would sneer at me under the guise of a compliment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was sneering, but he couldn’t take his eyes off my jacket. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I can’t stop thinking about that smile she gave us, that sneer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He makes no secret of his displeasure, drawling to Locke about how boring these lessons are and sneering at the lecturer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was pretty sure she sneered as she asked the question. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had the same vicious sneer as some of the kids at Camp Half- Blood, the ones from cabin five. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His fists were closed tight and his mouth was contorted with an angry sneer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her sneer wasn’t as bad as the one I got from Deputy Collins, but it was still pretty impressive. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And the young man sneered at Wang Lung and he said, “Ah, that son of my cousin’s needs no leading. He can go alone.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Instead of his usual sneer, his face is a combination of tired and defensive. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “No Rasta woman do dat,” he said with a sneer. Who’s Allowed to Hold Hands? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z On the campaign trail, Hawley gushed about “the heartland life” and sneered at “the D.C. cartel.” What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z With his sneering deadpan delivery and endless litany of complaints against those who've done him wrong, his work sits squarely in the great tradition of loser comedy. This week's new live comedy 2012-06-08T23:05:23Z Her people don’t talk so much as they exclaim “with a contemptuous sneer” or “a loud, haughty cry of derision.” An Operatic Italian Classic Gets a Fresh Translation 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Fans of Boynton’s board books might be taken aback by the sneering tone. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I have some pleasures, though always spoilt by sneering Father and his pet, Lizzie – I don't count those giggling idiots, Kitty and Lydia. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z Though “Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen” offers much that speaks to our own slippery times, it’s neither philosophy posing as a story nor a patronizing sneer at those gullible folk of yesteryear. Birthing Bunnies: An 18th-Century Woman’s Bizarre Medical Hoax 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z More recently no one droned on about wrinkles or sneered at the Cuban Buena Vista Social Club because they were getting on a bit. Mick Jagger: still dancing at 70 2013-07-26T08:00:03Z Revellers sneered in the face of the storm, skipping through its opening inches in white Nikes and black Timberlands. A Weekend Out with Jonas 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z "I don't waste my time with it," sneers Williams. Enter the Dragon star Jim Kelly dies aged 67 2013-07-01T15:38:47Z Threatening Letterman, he sneered, “I had a chance to strangle Richard Nixon but I didn’t. And I regret it.” Bill Murray finally wins this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z It's hard to know what the point is – to sneer at the shallow Wags? Doctor Who 2010-05-22T05:44:00Z In one instance, she sneers as she describes the self-congratulatory white moms who proudly set up play dates between their daughters and the town’s Black girl. In Two London Plays, Being Black Means Looking From the Outside In 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The more seasoned cast members relish their opportunities to melodramatically sneer, flounce and bluster as required. Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z Of course, there were some on the Internet who sneered at the fun. Thank you, Meghan McCain! "you were at my wedding Denise...." is the meme we all needed 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z And finally, here is an idiot who wrote a newspaper column in 2013 sneering at people who habitually misspell famous names. ‘I am a genious’ and other cluelessly ironic spelling errors 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Jefferies may seem like he’s sneering at you or wondering at your dimness, but he never seems to be talking down to you. Review: Jim Jefferies, the New Recruit in the Political-Comedy Trenches 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Oh, right, my new life as a Diet Supremacist, sneering with disgust at people who are scarfing huge portions of calorie-rich food. I Was Misinformed: The Dieting Supremacist. Hate Her. 2014-04-04T23:28:43Z A recent entry: “A passer-by sneers / parking cop waves a warning / under green streetlight.” The Paparazzi Staked Outside Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s D.C. Home 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Some sneer about his social ubiquity, but Mr. Ahluwalia is not concerned. Waris Ahluwalia: A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely 2013-12-12T01:20:00Z When Melika later rips the curtains off the villa in a silent, sneering fit, Panahi appears as himself, revealing the writer and the woman to be characters in the film he's furtively shooting. 'Closed Curtain' a cry for openness and art in Iran 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Hol is half smiling, half sneering at the screen, eyes bright. The Quarry: an extract from Iain Banks's final novel 2013-06-15T07:00:00Z Anita sneers, playfully but dismissively, at her lover, Bernardo, in the run-up to “West Side Story’s” glorious Act 1 number, “America.” Who is an American? Look to the current crop of musicals to tell you. 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Lennon sneered at the second line and came back with, “She was just seventeen/You know what I mean,” joining sexual experience to innocence. It takes two 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Lewis and James avoid the trap of a sneering portrait by making Sue a 3D grotesque, with impressive attention to comic detail. This week's new comedy 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Camilla Tominey, the royal editor for The Sunday Express, a British newspaper, said, “There is some pretty sneering commentary over here that she has been cashing in on her sister.” For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours 2013-07-24T21:31:22Z And back in the studio, when he riles up the crowd with some Trumpian indecency, and sneers and preens foolishly amid their angry response, his exhilarating impression communicates opposition and contempt all on its own. A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Could it be because watching the working class sneering at oblivious poshos is considered less offensive than watching rich people harrumphing about unemployed single mothers? Last night's TV 2010-06-17T07:00:00Z My parents tell me I threw myself around the room with the abandon of a Toddler Rotten for the next three minutes, but I don't remember being impressed by Lydon's sneer or Jones's riffing. My 10 favourite Beastie Boys tracks 2013-05-04T09:00:00Z She writes in “Just Kids” of giving birth at 19, only to be sneered at by hospital nurses, who called her “Dracula’s daughter.” Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z Even at the height of Saul’s career as a plaintiff’s lawyer and racketeer, Mike is invariably sneering. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Jimmy's Step Toward the Netherworld 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z I overheard some guys making snide and sneering references to a place called Pirelli’s where “the fairies” went. ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z All this would have made him a hated Alpha Beta in the world of the movie, the sneering guy with a broad chest, feathered hair, and a letterman jacket who is ripe for comeuppance. “Revenge of the Nerds” Enters the Brett Kavanaugh Culture War 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “Everybody’s sitting sneering at you eating their oatmeal or chicken across the room.” Pole Dancing Without Nudity or G-Strings. Just Express Yourself. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z When Is This It came out, the title seemed to function both as a sneer of ennui as well as a pre-emptive joke about anticlimax. The Strokes: no Spinal Tap 2011-02-27T00:03:00Z Oh yeah, there's Paula Jones being sneered at, and Hillary Clinton too. Smart Watch: “House of Cards” moves on without Kevin Spacey 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z “Deuces,” a hit last year, is an insistent kiss-off, a happy sneer: “You’ll regret the day when I find another girl, yeah.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-21T22:23:57Z It looks at masculinity through the point of view of Saul, a young historian who sneers at “authoritarian old men” like his father. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Visual pleasantry — which is nothing to sneer at — has never been Mr. Baldessari’s main goal. Art Review: Tweaking Tradition, Even In Its Temple 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z That skulking entrance invited sneers from rivals and the opposition press. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z All the better: grandma probably identified Heathcliff with Cliff Richard, who commissioned a musical based on the book – "Withering Rather than Wuthering," sneered one reviewer – as a vanity project in the 1990s. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z A prosthetics-laden Leto does the sort of high-voltage transformation in “House of Gucci” that voters love, even if critics are tempted to sneer. Who Will Be Nominated for the Oscars? Here Are Our Projections. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The chaos surrounding her performance—frantic preparations, a hyperventilating vocal coach, sneering stagehands—is at once over the top and true to life. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z I can already hear his sneering reply: “If you don’t like it, then don’t look.” Social Qs: Tank Topics 2013-06-28T18:40:45Z Have you experienced that kind of sneering judgment about your parenting decisions? Kathryn Hahn Would Like Moms to Stop Judging Themselves 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z And as a creator, I remember when comics weren’t respectable, when people would sneer at you for being a comic book artist. The Shakespeare of Marvel comics: “Just as [Stan] Lee’s writing humanized superheroes in the 1960s, this book humanizes Lee” 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s the only recorded version of Dylan’s full, eight-minute composition, and it captures him at his most sneering and pained. Review: Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Rather, in making the most extreme argument possible, he is consigning everyone, with a wicked sneer, to the same mire. Review: In Scathing ‘Downstate,’ Sympathy for the Devils 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Do I want to live in a world where Shakespeare picks up a copy of one of my books and sneers at it? Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The sneering Brit villains are laughable compared with the menace of nationalist terror depicted in the original. 'Ip Man 2': Sequel's martial-arts action beats the storytelling 2011-01-27T22:55:30Z “I’m young and have a lot of time and can sit on that question,” Harry said, before casting a comical sneer at his older brother. The Brant Brothers, the New Princes of the City 2012-06-20T20:17:45Z “A pretentious vanity project for Brangelina,” sneered the New York Post. Here's looking at me: Does Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea qualify for Hollywood’s Hall of Vain? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Has any political cartoon ever captured the whole spectrum of Cheney’s sneer? Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The watchword of George Miller’s movie is verisimilitude; CGI sneered at for all but tweaks. Mad Max’s Nicholas Hoult on hanging off lorries and channeling Andrex puppies 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “You on the outside looking in,” he sneers. Perspective | Listening to Los Angeles rap music feels like eavesdropping on the future 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “It’s an awful thing, the kilt,” sneered Mr. Menzies, perhaps channeling Black Jack’s roguishness. Behind ‘Outlander,’ on Starz, True Hearts in the Highlands 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The public conversation is so much better without name-calling and sneering and smug superiority. Perspective | Why making your diet part of your identity is bad for your health — and society 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z That’s owed largely to Lewis, who from the beginning imbued a character that could have been a sneering caricature with emotional depth and a predatory physicality. Damian Lewis Discusses the Future of ‘Billions’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Three of Mahler’s “Wunderhorn” lieder were premonitions, blanched with fear; Weill’s “Four Walt Whitman Songs” had ferocious power; selections from Britten’s “Who Are These Children?” sneered with pacifist righteousness. Reviews: Ian Bostridge, Tenet and Tallis Scholars in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z In a letter to a family friend, he sneered at the city he was returning to. Despite Tensions, Salzburg Remains a Crammed Summer Stage 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z At the same time, its artificiality sneered at ’60s rock sincerity. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z They can sneer all they want and flex their unorthodoxies. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z When he complains to a local capo he hasn't been paid what he was promised, the man sneers: "Chamberlain promised peace – d'you know who that is?" The Iceman – review 2012-08-30T14:22:32Z So I felt snubbed and insulted by the man who sneered at my industriousness. Working less to live well: Work-obsessed Americans should take a cue from Swedes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z There’s no urgency in either star’s voice and, worse, no sense of what’s being torched; it’s a sneering endorsement of rebellion, rather than the thing itself. Miranda Lambert catches a spark on exuberant 'Platinum' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z It is better that a juror asks a basic question, even if that is sneered at by observers, than for a jury to convict or acquit with uncertainty in their minds. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z Even in her lifetime, Garland’s gay following was remarked upon, often in sneering and homophobic ways. Is Hollywood still in love with the suffering ‘gay icon’? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z His super spy Lance Sterling is framed for treason by a sneering villain with a robotic claw hand. ‘Spies in Disguise’ Review: Smug Agent Meets Gadget Geek 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z What comes across in this movie is how strongly the public now think it is their right to be famous, and how much famous people sneer at this belief. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z He sneers at the rich, stocking the stony apartment with futile luxuries that give it the feel of a pharaoh’s tomb. ‘Inside’ Review: Tortured Artist, Meet Tortured Man 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The tribunal judges sneer at the lack of documentation on how the decision was made. Miriam O'Reilly tribunal: How the BBC's cult of youth bars older women 2011-01-11T20:01:50Z And if there is a point to “Trash Humpers” beyond simply mooning the audience, it’s that this visual experiment — like Johnny Rotten’s sneering rendition of “God Save the Queen” — suggests a future martyred to greed. | 'Trash Humpers': Harmony Korine?s Geriatric Delinquents 2010-05-07T00:19:00Z There was much that was delightfully absurd, but Carey never sneered. The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women, The Genius of Omar Khayyam and A Long Weekend With the Son of God | TV review 2010-03-31T05:45:00Z "Ambition over integrity," sneers Bel in a moment of clarity, before considering her options with Freddie once again. The Hour: season one, episode six 2011-08-23T21:00:00Z Yet the movie’s real drama occurs not on the stairway to heaven, but in the terrestrial halls of high school, where Darby wears black clothing and sneers at her cliquey classmates. ‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Sixteen With a Sixth Sense 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Are you planning to keep serving coffee until you’re 50?” she sneers at him. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Iron Man, a more recent creation, is recognisable as a sneering, insincere slacker: nothing heartfelt ever passes through his lips; the very thought of saying something honest and authentic would mortify him. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z Despite the BBC Trust's sneering, he did and does have a strategy for radio. The Media Show; London Street Cries; The Surgery With Aled 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z From the way he combed his hair to the sneer and the snapping knee, he was the beginning of the rebellion. The king is dead: a classic Elvis Presley tribute from the vaults 2012-08-15T09:57:29Z You only expect domestic duties from me and sneer at my ambitions. A letter to… my wife, who won’t talk about her anger 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Central is a long and fascinating discussion of the role of the intellectual in France, contrasting Sartre's "universal vocation" with Foucault's "local struggles", and sneering at the emerging nouveaux philosophes. Non-fiction reviews roundup 2012-06-29T07:00:01Z Patrick, 14, sneers at Santa and the proceedings: “This is lame,” he says at one point. Review: Rockettes in ‘Radio City Christmas Spectacular’ 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Bacon wears his usual lip-curled evil sneer and Reynolds tries to stay professional even though his face says, “First ‘Green Lantern,’ now this.” ‘R.I.P.D.’ deserves to get ripped 2013-07-19T18:37:28Z Shows such as EastEnders however, are somewhat hamstrung by being broadcast early evening – there was little Jack Dalton could do to when he wanted to menace someone except sneer and make not especially scary threats. Gangster dramas: the cliches fly like a hail of bullets 2011-04-07T13:11:36Z He was self-assured, and when counsel sneered at him he sneered right back. From the Observer archive, 21 July 1968: The Kray twins on trial 2012-07-21T23:05:34Z Whiplash is surrounded by technology, by money, by the most spectacular comic book vistas that Hollywood can buy, and he can barely muster the energy to sneer. Superheroes suck! 2010-05-06T11:01:00Z From another singer, his lyrics might have scanned as sneering, but from Mr. Petty they sounded like smoothly polished stones of accrued wisdom. Tom Petty, an Unfussy Rock Star Who Kept His Tenacity Under Cover 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z About lunching with him in the newspaper’s cafeteria, not known for its culinary panache, Mr. Sokolov writes: “When Craig commented on the bay leaf in the purée mongole, I sneered inwardly.” Books of The Times: ‘Steal the Menu,’ by Raymond Sokolov 2013-05-09T21:24:23Z Any man who sneers at them now for worrying about the shifting paradigms, offering only meaningless platitudes or accusations of bigotry, is showing his male privilege. Don’t you just love it when a man explains to you what it means to be a woman? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z If Rickman’s voice was his most memorable attribute, he also showed us the beauty of the sneer, with the exaltation of the eyeroll close behind. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It would be easy to sneer at the new Ocean’s 8 as a typical modern studio “women’s picture”: which is to say, a gender-swapped variation on a franchise established by males. Ocean’s 8: lazy gender swap or feminist felony victory? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Though some will sneer, you don't hold down a place on Saturday Night Live for four years if you're any sort of slouch as a performer. This week's new comedy 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z To be honest, for the waspish Hirschberg, the feature wasn't that nasty, though its tone sneered and she made many of her points through implication. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Jordan Melamed’s screenplay squanders so much time introducing them in the narrator’s sneering, derisive checklist of traits that it leaves even less room for character development. | 'Twelve': Nick McDonell?s Novel on Screen, With 50 Cent 2010-08-05T23:59:00Z The unkind and deluded might sneer at hipster sommeliers saddling unwilling customers with their funky wines, made by unwashed hippies. The Year’s Best Wine Books 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z I felt as though I was really there beside Adeline experiencing the terrible thrashes of her stepmother or the sneering remarks from her brothers. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah - review 2013-04-28T08:00:00Z Of course, she was sneered at right from the beginning. Sandra Lee makes dinners on TV for people raised on TV dinners 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “War” is a U.K. drill song, ominous and sneering and full of deeply studied slang. Drake Was Isolated (at the Top) Way Before Quarantine 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Binelli, aware of the possibilities of revival they bring, and his own hipster tendencies, tries hard not to sneer. The Last Days of Detroit by Mark Binelli – review 2013-01-04T22:55:16Z I’m referring to the more recent, faddish use of it: delivered with a high-pitched sneer to indicate a contempt so complete that it requires no clarification. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Really?’ Pops Up Everywhere on Television 2012-10-01T22:17:08Z Johnny Rotten sneered, and walked off into the night, sealing the Pistols’ place in rock infamy. Replacements reunion: Genius or folly? 2013-07-12T18:03:00Z The corporation, he said, has little interest in "poor people" unless they are the subject of sneering. Tony Garnett: 'BBC has little interest in poor people' 2013-04-11T16:49:45Z She wore an “imported-padded” bra and had butterscotch streaks in her long hair; she sneered at most of the men who paid to watch her. Books of The Times: ?Beautiful Thing? by Sonia Faleiro 2012-02-29T22:52:22Z “You shouldn’t be outside the Zone, you filthy rug,” another sneers, moments before his cheek is opened by a single swipe of the woman’s hand. Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and political 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z A snippet of Blaxploitation classic “Willie Dynamite” sneers that “they need to come together” and “come down hard” — a testament to both resistance against reactionary forces and a more personal mantra. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Graham delivered the phrases with sneering contempt and steely tone. A Soldier’s Racially Charged Suicide Becomes a Powerful Opera 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Howard Thoresen ably handles the Squire’s villainy with a sly smile rather than a sneer. | 'The Drunkard': Saved, Before Alcoholics Anonymous 2010-10-04T21:32:00Z Television is no longer sneered at and looked down upon like it was before series such as The Sopranos and Six Feet Under and Deadwood established the medium as a venue for legitimate cultural debate. Better than Buffy? Spare a thought for the Vampire Diaries 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Though it can seem otherwise, the ’90s critique of selling out was not only used to sneer. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Dear transforms him into a standard-issue, brainy, emotionally arid megalomaniac, with sneering lines that verge on camp. | ?Frankenstein?: It?s (Gasp!) Alive, Not to Mention Peeved 2011-02-24T19:09:14Z The battle lines were then drawn between those who sneered at the naivete of readers who count fictional characters among their “friends,” and others who insisted that such sneering was elitist. Review | Paula Hawkins has a new thriller, and let’s just say it’s no ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z It also had the unmistakable imprint of Earle himself, whose best songs, whether performed in loud bands or alone with an acoustic guitar, have always had a certain rock ’n’ roll sneer. The Album Steve Earle Never Wanted to Make: A Tribute to His Son 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Acceptance has moved fast — almost too fast for Bobby, who sneers that the Hallheart Channel — a Hallmark lampoon — is pandering to sexual liberation with films like “A Holly Poly Christmas.” ‘Bros’ Review: Boy Meets Boy Meets Multiplex 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Behind us are blokes sneering obscenities, poking their fingers in our backs and yelping like dogs. There's a riot grrrl going on – a classic tour feature from the vaults 2013-01-09T13:10:35Z He can sneer like Jack Nicholson, snarl like Heath Ledger or … I’m still not sure what Jared Leto was doing, but never mind. ‘Joker’ Review: Are You Kidding Me? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z So when I first took in this controversy, in its Twitter form, my instinct was to join in the sneering at those soft-headed preppies and educrats afraid of a little rigor, a little homework. The Poisonous Reach of the College-Admissions Process 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z He sneered at the camera, but with a smile, as if he was happily up to no good. My X-rated reality nightmare: How a couple accidentally sent me their deranged sex tape 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z One hoodlum sneers at “laws made by lawyers for other lawyers to break.” In ‘Quick Millions,’ a Young Spencer Tracy Knocks ‘Em Dead 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He and a friend even kidnapped, beat up and left for dead a right-wing journalist who sneered at him in print. | 'Mesrine': Drunk on His Own Notoriety 2010-08-26T19:53:00Z Most importantly, the song set a tone for this concert, the opening night of Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” tour: pugnacity, provocation, sneering. Review: Drake Opens Tour in Austin, Rapping, Singing and Sneering 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Neither I nor anybody I noticed around me are part of the "dewy-eyed demographic" Mr. Brantley sneers at, but nobody seemed to find watching it a chore. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Because, Barrès sneers, “Real power isn’t given. It’s taken!” Review: ‘Marseille’ Proves That American Cable Clichés Are Easy Exports 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Many people left Spain and Catalonia as paupers and returned years later from colonies like Cuba as millionaires, but the city’s elite sneered and nicknamed them los indianos. Barcelona’s slave trade history revealed on new walking tour 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “Environmental racism,” he sneered after describing how 4 million tons of coal ash were disposed of in Uniontown, Ala., which is 90 percent African American. Al Gore is near the end of his quest to save the Earth. Nina Barrett just got started. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Kratz sneered his way through Avery’s second trial, pausing only to lick his lips and rub his sausage fingers together whenever granted the opportunity to discuss some deviant aspect of the alleged crime. Making a Murderer: another blow to our confidence in America's police 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Six years on a live variety show — a show with an incredibly high turnover rate — is nothing to sneer at. Lorne Michaels on “SNL” shake-up: “If you don’t keep making changes you don’t change” 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Parked on a sofa watching old Popeye cartoons, he all but sneers at his irritated wife, Kim, and whiny child, Anna, as they prepare to run errands. ‘Last Resort’ Review: A Martial Arts Hostage Mission 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z In her Disney days, she was — relatively speaking — the hellion of the crew, interested in abraded rock, tough-girl postures and smiles that cracked to reveal sneers. New Music: Demi Lovato and Talib Kweli Have New Albums 2013-05-13T22:10:19Z “How do you declare war on a plant?” he sneers. | 'Mr. Nice': Reliving a Drug Dealer?s Halcyon Days 2011-06-02T21:47:04Z Francis stares into the camera with a deep, depressed anger that fuels his sneering cynicism. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z That sympathetic reading of the song’s chorus would seem to depart from the sneering effrontery of Mr. Dylan’s vocal delivery. Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z My personal favourite among action film cliches is when the villain, asked what to do with the thronged hostages/peasants/rebels, sneers: "Kill them all." Joe Queenan's Guide to Movie Cliches: Action 2010-10-19T11:00:00Z “I’m an associate of Mr. Stussy’s is all you need to know,” Varga sneers, before offering the thin historical coincidence of there being 24 Hitlers in the phone books. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 6: Ray the Loser 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z And we're all of us vulnerable: if in company I sneer in manly fashion but if alone, during the last 10 minutes of any Secret Millionaire, I howl like a snotty little girl. Last week's TV 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z "Don't give me more than I want, I will take just what I got," she sneers, all double- or triple-tracked vocals and torrents of words, on album opener 1997. New band of the day ? No 985: Washington 2011-03-14T17:49:37Z Some white critics and fans, meanwhile, sneered at his showmanship, inherited from likes of Chuck Berry and T-Bone Walker, as silly and unhip. Music: Beyond the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2010-02-27T03:40:00Z They were very sneering and hostile; for a few months, I thought, 'I really don't want to be in this game any more.' Stephen Sondheim, composer – portrait of the artist 2012-11-27T19:30:01Z Positioning himself in his favoured role as "the outsider", he denounced the "sneering" BBC-ITV duopoly, "protected by public subsidy and state privilege". Torin Douglas: 24 years in media 2013-06-03T07:43:41Z Bush was so determined to shed that sneering indictment of his blue-blood upbringing that some pundits believed it influenced his decision to invade Iraq. ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ at 30: Men Talking 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “You’re too dark to be talking to me like this, Dream,” he sneered. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z And even in the suburbs, free parking is nothing to sneer at. Work Advice: The parking is free, but it has other costs 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Some sneered at the enterprise’s commercialism, while the writer Charles Lamb lamented that the painters’ images of Juliet or Lear would “confine the illimitable” and supplant “my and everybody’s Shakespeare.” For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Porter was always part of the upper crust and felt comfortable with it; Coward was an intruder and covered his desperation to be part of it by sneering at it. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Mr. Haddon, the author of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” shifts among all eight perspectives, sneering at the idea of closure. New Books From Maggie Shipstead, Harriet Lane, Mark Haddon 2012-06-27T19:55:30Z It is contemporary – Emily Dobbs's Masha, who always wears black, is a sulky goth, in big boots, torn tights and a sneer – but holds in mind that the contemporary contains the past. The Effect; The Seagull; The Trojan Women – review 2012-11-18T00:06:26Z They sneered back, especially at the patrician New York mayor. The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He accused the media of hunting Diana down, sneering at her good works and being "at the opposite end of the moral spectrum" in a tribute which triggered enormous applause inside and outside Westminster Abbey. Princess Di's brother Earl Spencer to marry again 2011-02-15T12:57:25Z He sneers, puffs and pontificates, his tenor riding over waves of sound. Jake Heggie has a whale of a hit with 'Moby-Dick' 2010-05-01T21:46:00Z With men sneering at their presence, women made up half the audience of his popular classes. The 1,328-Page Novel That Captivated the Primatologist Frans de Waal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But that audience may quickly tire of the bile and sleaze oozing through the series between the bouts of screaming and sneering. Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes, sleazy and malevolent, still haunts us in "The Loudest Voice" 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s still only the second most cringeworthy moment in the cold open, the first being the sneering chastisement of Sanders’s “army of internet trolls” for their annoying behavior. Saturday Night Live: RuPaul teaches the art of drag but episode can't slay 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Justin Adams plays Don Juan as a comic embodiment of everyone’s awful ex: a beguiling, strutting, sneering bad boy whose capering heart reliably turns to stone the morning after. Review: A Molière-Born Cad for the Ages in ‘Don Juan’ 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z “Keep it in mind, nobody here’s a friend of mine,” Ferreira sneers, proving her melodramatically defiant edge is still intact. Sky Ferreira’s Dazzling, Defiant Return, and 11 More New Songs 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z But if she turns away and sneers, It’s time for her to switch careers. Style Invitational Week 1190: You’re workin’ on a chain, gang 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z As a younger man, Taiwan's Lin Yu-chun sang for hours on end, trying to get his mind off the sneers he endured because of his portly figure. Taiwan singer conjures up Susan Boyle comparisons 2010-04-09T08:51:00Z She also tried to avoid the easy, indie position of sneering at the film's small-town location and the enthusiasm of the mother's character for, in this instance, beauty pageants. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Occasionally, she has noticed the sneering tone of some of the tabloid coverage, the incredulity that someone could have hidden this for so long and decided so late to take action. For Some in Transgender Community, It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Another critic sneered that Ormandy’s interpretations had “the intellectual consistency of oatmeal.” 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z As Sam Loudermilk, a recovering alcoholic turned substance abuse counselor, Mr. Livingston wanders through Seattle with his face locked in a sneer and his snark on automatic pilot. Ron Livingston Loves to Play the Jerk 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The movies have footage, guests, formal devices and sneering in common. ‘Fyre’ and ‘Fyre Fraud’ Reviews: Behind the Scenes of a Music Festival Fiasco 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Bowie may have provided the raw material, but Mott gave the definitive performance of this generation-defining song, with its sneering reference to the Beatles and the Stones. The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time 2013-02-01T07:00:00Z He presumably intends to send up the insularity of cultured lefties at farmers' markets, but ends up seeming exclusive about class and sneering towards the less well-off. Chris Addison – review 2013-03-31T17:01:01Z I sneered at the idea of an anthology calling itself "best," when it would obviously be barred from printing anything under copyright. Comics: Gravett crime anthology comes close to "Best" 2010-10-12T20:42:00Z When other kids sneer and call him “little trash” or refer to Frosty disparagingly as his “rent-a-Daddy,” Jay just smiles calmly and turns his hopeful blue eyes to the always-welcoming sea. Chasing Mavericks: Looking For That Big Break 2012-10-25T14:30:40Z People may sneer at her muscular arms, but they miss the point – Madonna is about power. Madonna 2011-03-08T00:05:32Z The popular kids at school sneer at their unconventional clothes. ‘We Are the Best!’ (But Don’t You Dare Call Us New Wave) 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It was improvisational but not arbitrary; there was seriousness behind the sneer. Music Review: At Terminal 5, Public Image Ltd. Rages Anew 2010-05-19T22:32:00Z Oh, and it didn't hurt that there were touches of wry humor, mainly provided by sneering scene-stealer Maggie Smith. The Top 10 TV shows of 2011 2011-12-30T19:25:06Z Flickering eyelids, watering pupils, trembling lips yanked into a sneer as if by some external force: Her metamorphosis was chilling. Mina Nishimura Invokes Butoh at Mount Tremper 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Bayley brings a robust voice and a maniacal gaze to this sneering quack. Opera Review: Matthias Goerne Fills In as Lead at the Met 2014-03-07T22:34:23Z “You stare at a wall and think about your life/Your brittle little life,” he sneers on “Pacing Around the Church.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-25T21:59:41Z So he tries to claim power through birthright and a sneering, colonial arrogance, and ends up wearing his final crown. Game of Thrones Watch: Talk to the Hand 2011-05-23T16:45:00Z "Why don't you sneer at tax avoiders like Philip Green and Amazon?" Rewind radio: The Kitchen Cabinet; The Budget; Inside the Academy School Revolution; Breakfast; The Atkinson People – review 2012-12-09T00:06:16Z Wearing aviator glasses and a perpetual sneer, he talks through his cigarette, not interested in dignifying the conversation by removing it. 'Rampart': Cop drama is dark, feverish and compelling 2012-03-01T20:47:07Z And the composer Elliott Carter, who sneered of folk music’s influence on modern urbans: “We are not shepherds. We are not coming out of the hills. We are not folk.” New York’s Midcentury Art Scene Springs to Life in ‘The Loft Generation’ 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Objectively, we may know that the music is daft, speaking in tongues is absurd and the Bible is nonsensical, but it never feels as if we're being asked to sneer. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Revelations by Alex Preston 2012-09-25T14:27:51Z In those days, nobody sneered at elderly musicians. Mick Jagger: still dancing at 70 2013-07-26T08:00:03Z Christian Bale also startled the room by sneering at the entertainment reporters who voted to give him the award for best supporting actor in a motion picture. The TV Watch: Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 2011-01-17T05:43:03Z Mr. Hall, with half-closed eyes and a Bowie-esque sneer, sang what seemed to be a new song, a ballad that began “Look up here, I’m in heaven.” A Visit to the Strange, Secretive World of David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’ 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Naipaul stared at the man and said, with a sneer, “I’m not everyone.” Memories of V. S. Naipaul 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In 1967, two years after Dylan had sneered, "Something is happening here/ But you don't know what it is/ Do you, Mr Jones?" Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z Its soul is in the style, starting with the voice — that deadpan sneer, wisecracking her understated one-liners. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z He now has to live with the image of a sneering Fisk completely dominating him in a fist fight. 'Daredevil' Episode 9 review: 'Speak of the Devil' -- It's a trap! 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z This Wozzeck, with hollowed eyes and hobbled gait, seemed to be sinking under the pressure of poverty and the manipulation of his sneering superiors. Opera Review: Thomas Hampson Makes His Debut as Wozzeck 2014-03-14T21:56:11Z Rather than silently sneering at those who seem to have a piece of this ridiculous puzzle figured out, embrace it. Unpretty: I live the life I want to live – even if I didn’t win the beauty lottery 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Even though she helps him with a clue or two, she sneers at his inability to give up a life of crime, even if he’s on the right side of the law. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z Or by sneering, “Oh yeah? Are there any albums you do like from the 90s?” The 12 greatest albums of the ’90s 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z The rogues who people Corbucci’s films do terrible things, without remorse, and their faces are roadmaps of scowls and sneers, carrying the scars of that. Review: Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight Revels in Snow, Not So Much in People 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z But that still left plenty to ask Lisa Marie Presley, the child of Graceland with her father’s bedroom eyes, smile verging on sneer, and a lifelong desire to make her own musical mark. Lisa Marie Presley is surprisingly normal 2013-08-24T15:12:47Z Did Wallace identify with Chisholm, on some level, as a political outsider who was sneered at by the Northeastern white establishment? Shirley Chisholm, the Democrats’ forgotten hero 2012-09-09T19:00:00Z Such nonsense – no court will ever buy that, and Polanski would sneer at the weakness. End game for Roman Polanski 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z And he believes it is a good thing Hollywood is moving away from the "hackneyed cliche of the sneering British villain". Super-Brits invasion 2011-02-01T14:37:48Z It’s a sneering, insulting practice on the part of both the writers who are too lazy to check their own assumptions and the editors who can’t be bothered challenging them. Kellers’ cancer writing shows how broken journalism has become 2014-01-17T18:12:00Z In general, Midwesterners tended to reject what North Dakota historian James Malin called the “literature of satire, sneer, and smear” and stood up for “the typical American, the common man, and his institutions.” How the Midwest went from the idealized to the derided 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z You sneer when they confess they’ve never seen The Wire or Breaking Bad. Don't talk politics, sex or the ex: 10 ways to ruin a date 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The long, pathetic spectacle brought joy only to the jackals of the British tabloids, which sneered in big headlines at each new downturn. An Appraisal: Breakout Album Became Winehouse?s Only Song 2011-07-24T03:34:27Z Comics are as cool and American as jazz, the blues and hard-boiled private eyes, though for decades they were often sneered at as maybe a quarter-step above trash. ArtsBeat: Sunday Morning Mayhem 2013-12-27T16:22:46Z At the time the sight of women displaying their bodies prompted giggles, embarrassment and the odd sneer of derision from me and my school-age friends. Let's get physical: how women's sport can conquer body image 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Damen Scranton’s Scrooge in Blessed Unrest theater company’s “A Christmas Carol” is almost mild-mannered, communicating his ill will with quiet sarcasm, a curling lip and dismissive sneers. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 20-26 2013-12-19T23:22:44Z She sang with gravity and conviction, and some sneering to boot. Review: In a Big Room, Lorde Protects the Small Moments 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z To sneer at disorderly new developments, like highbrow urban planners do, is an act of disdain. Let them eat McMansions! The 1 percent, income inequality, and new-fashioned American excess 2014-04-13T11:00:00Z From smile to sneer he captures Barrymore’s majesty and grandiloquence, recites his triumphs and humiliations. Movie Review: ‘Barrymore’ Stars Christopher Plummer; Érik Canuel Directs 2012-11-14T23:24:22Z Spouting academic jargon like an effete dictator while wreaking havoc with a fussy sneer, this architect from hell relishes nothing more than remaking the world in his own outlandish image. And you thought your contractor was bad. Meet 'The Monster Builder' at South Coast Rep 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “What do you think I want, big success?” he sneers, scolding the small crowd for even considering offering him sympathy. How an angry comic who had a coke habit became the Barbara Walters of podcasts 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Julia Raeside There seem only to be damaging or sneering stories about the Traveller community, and this is unlikely to do anything much to dissolve prejudices. TV highlights 24/06/2013 2013-06-24T06:00:11Z Leanne Parks plucks a bass that looks as tall as she is, and she sports a mean rock sneer. Review | The kids steal the show in ‘School of Rock’ at the National Theatre 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z While most university chemists would sneer at the suggestion that the synthesis was difficult, it still needs a professional laboratory, more so for the constant production of new substances. Why the war on drugs has been made redundant 2013-06-15T23:05:01Z Fiennes has a scene in the film in which Brian Cox's smooth political operator censors Coriolanus as he sneers at the people in the senate, placing a hand over his microphone. Ralph Fiennes's full-metal Coriolanus 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z His mouth luscious and sneering, Curtis is all bustle and rancor, ever moving, biting his nails, full of unfocused nervous energy. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z Worse, the film depicts families then as being entirely smug, ignorant and racist, while sneering at the folks at the insurance firm with no understanding, insight or appetite for something illuminating. Gervais' "Cemetery" a witless disappointment 2010-04-16T05:11:00Z Dressed in baggy white pants and a billowing button-down shirt, Cox alternated between singing, sneering, smashing chords on his guitar and playing the bass. Review | Deerhunter brings its earsplitting sonic tingle to odd and wonderful 9:30 Club show 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Cicadas in Tokyo, he writes, “sneered” in the trees. Books of The Times: ‘People Who Eat Darkness,’ by Richard Lloyd Parry 2012-06-06T20:39:37Z “Ideology is thicker than blood,” the commander sneers. Review: ‘Operation Chromite’ Revisits a Korean War Invasion 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Many people sneer at flavor enhancers, but this is fried chicken; no point in getting snobby. Self-protective cooking for a judgemental mother requires this recipe 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Being sneered at by comedians like David Cross, who recorded a brutal takedown of Larry the Cable Guy, probably helps their outsider credibility. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z Here, as in all renditions of the story, Rimbaud, the brilliant, sneering student from Ardennes hits Paris and turns things topsy-turvy among the Parnassian poets of the time. Books of The Times: The Prodigy Burned Out. Why Not Blame Mom? 2011-08-23T20:39:20Z Though many songs are upbeat, the album begins with an invitation to a hanging and ends with a sneering laugh. The Incredible Gravity of Being Alejandro Escovedo 2011-11-17T09:56:28Z By the time Church arrives at the chorus, he’s taunting his ideologically vacuous peers: “Stick that in your country song/Take that one to No. 1,” he sneers, knowing full well they never would. Country Music Struggles to Meet the Moment. Again. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Don't be fooled by the lip that curls into the perfect flash of punk sneer; the hair that evokes full-blown Chia Pet; the onstage energy-bursts rivaling a Jack Russell Terrier. Rock solid: Nile's 'Innocent Ones' strikes a chord 2011-12-16T11:01:04Z But when on Monday morning, someone who had been at the Tonys mentioned to me the “real sense of community” she had felt at the Beacon Theater, I didn’t sneer. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: What Oscar Can Learn From Tony About How To Put on a Show 2011-06-16T16:54:02Z At worst, it’s a sneer directed at the audience, an expression of contempt for the public that the movie seems to share with its designated villain. ‘Vice’ Review: Dick Cheney and the Negative Great Man Theory of History 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Instead, he has made a sneering, self-effacing concept album probing the depravities of white male privilege. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z "I know – I think she can get through a crowd without being harassed," sneers his girlfriend. Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities 2010-06-28T07:00:00Z “Little man, half man, crumbled boy,” she sneers, as he cowers like a beaten dog. Review: ‘Set Fire to the Stars’ Unleashes Dylan Thomas on America 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z When I arrived at my post, a man half Vincenzo’s height greeted me with a sneer. My life in San Francisco’s restaurant alley 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z His facial language, from imperious sneers to comic eye rolling, was precise and persuasive. Music Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-08T22:44:54Z It’s easy to sneer at this clowning as reaching for cheap laughs, and his high-energy style is surely not as cool in the current scene as soul-baring material or absurdist one-liners. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Media associated with women – romance or soap operas – might be sneered at as "chick flicks" or "chick lit." Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z As a producer, he’s worn out his tactics, from the crinkly soul samples, to the Auto-Tuned sneers, to the renta-choirs who always sound 20 times more prepared to do their job than West ever does. Review | Kanye West found God. Did he lose himself along the way? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “You was soft,” Rev says to Juicy with a sneer. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: Dismantling Shakespeare to Liberate a Gay Black ‘Hamlet’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z With source material as understated as that of Cale, this can be a risky proposition: By reining in his characteristic vocal sneer, a whispery Mr. Petty becomes virtually invisible. Eric Clapton Gathers Stars for a J. J. Cale Tribute Album 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z So sneer at Harry Reid all you want, and keep making those "I don't know how to quit you" jokes: You're just proving his point. An unlikely player in the war on cowboy poetry 2011-04-11T17:03:00Z But he is preserved here in Neel’s hand, and in a sneering snapshot, a trace of a life not yet ground down. Alice Neel’s Love of Harlem and the Neighbors She Painted There 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Turner's opener, Four Simple Words, invites you to lay aside your baggage and dance – sneering, in passing, at "scenesters from Shoreditch". Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z After a bit of a hiccup — rather than being greeted we were sneered at by the black-dressed bartender — things settled down nicely. Choice Tables: Four Paris Restaurants Worth a Metro Ride 2011-04-01T19:13:44Z Like “Glee” and the wonderful Broadway hit “The Book of Mormon,” “Lysistrata Jones” suggests that sneering at the pop corniness of old-fashioned musicals is so over. | 'Lysistrata Jones': Happy Sweating and Singing 2011-06-06T02:00:00Z It's their job to sit on the end and cut through all the indiscriminate praise in order to sneer and snort at everyone. Dancing on Ice: why Jason Gardiner should not be fired 2011-02-08T14:49:14Z Musically, it’s a pubescent growth spurt — sudden, jerky and accompanied by a sneer. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z And we will,' the band sneered at NME back in January. The Guide's 1,000th issue: 2008-2012 2013-01-05T00:05:00Z Win is judged, castigated, sneered at for the slightest slip-up; Leo bats his baby blues and all is forgiven. Writing the White Boyfriend: How today's love stories are revising interracial romance tropes 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z I went more for the profligate, sneering groups. Talk: Iggy Pop Isn’t Ready to Give Up the Carnal Life 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z Yet there is a part of him that sees beyond his immediate feelings and sneers at them. Review: In ‘Hamlet,’ Ruth Negga Rules as a Player Prince 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The lyrics of “So Gone” address a former partner, bouncing between self-pity and boastful sneering, all tied together by Missy Elliott’s ad-libs of encouragement. The Beats Fuelling the Viral Dance Challenges 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z In this movie, it earns him a breathtakingly vicious newspaper review – a sneering notice that claims Gainsbourg is bringing "antisemitism" upon himself with his provocations. Film review: Gainsbourg (Vie H?ro?que) 2010-07-29T21:25:00Z He pointed the pistol at us and sneered. Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z And that serves to place a wry smile behind the sneer. XTC: 'Is there a place in rock'n'roll for a Princess Anne lookalike?' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-23T13:09:00Z Constantly sneering from his wheelchair, he’s no peacenik benefactor; he even refers to himself as “Dracula.” ‘The Unknown Man of Shandigor’ Review: A Sci-Fi Fable of the Nuclear Anxiety Age 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z 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. Luke Perry: forever the thrillingly cool teen pinup 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z I'm genuinely puzzled why so many people who post on this site feel the need to validate their choice of reading matter by sneering at and condescending to other peoples' choices. Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading 2012-07-18T12:25:42Z The opera’s 1904 premiere was met with “grunts, growls, gibes, bellows, sneers,” one observer recalled, producing a “pandemonium, during which it was difficult to hear anything.” Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ Returns to the Scene of a Disastrous Opening 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z With museums and galleries a-plenty, that culture sneer is no longer valid; plus there’s a wealth of mid-century modernism and an expanding light rail system to whisk you around. Rising Arizona: how Phoenix is becoming a foodie city to savour 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The water is sombre under its brows of cliff, and the trees crowd down to drink, the pump sneers; lonely, green-hued, dark. Reading group: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen's real-life map 2012-08-24T15:04:55Z I sat down to watch the documentary, expecting to sneer at Paige and her family. Spandex snobbery smackdown: why the liberal elite snubs wrestling 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z I’m not sure if I was supposed to cheer or sneer at mask adherence and social distancing, and it’s that uncertainty — purposeful, I hope — that makes the film truly unnerving. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z “Nothing like the linguistic tour de force, ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ ” she sneered in the New York Times. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been feared, banned and loved. Now it’s scaring the bejeezus out of us again. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Fashion often lunges after glamour or sneers in protest of it, but Vaquera swerves both: It serves grit with a grin, disregarding such pieties as gender. The Graduates 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He wanted to inoculate himself against literary critics who might sneer at him for writing a slicker, more commercial book. Richard Price Finds His Pseudonym for ‘The Whites’ Annoying 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z We imagined red sullen faces sneering from the doors of mudcracked houses. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z Newscasts keep daily countdowns to the wedding, which is on April 29, and most feature sneering British royal watchers and tabloid reporters. Arts & Leisure: Toasts for Royals, Spiked With Scorn 2011-04-20T15:02:28Z You don't need to trail around holding hands and sneering at anybody who crosses your path. The new rules of the dancefloor 2012-11-09T14:00:00Z Connoisseurs may sneer at some of the wine selections, or take issue with the ornate glassware employed at the White House. 6 Books for Thinking, Drinking and Changing the World 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z At its worst, it's almost unbearably horrible, a queasy stew of falsetto backing vocals, have-a-banana oompah and lyrics that don't so much sneer at the working classes as sneer at everybody. Blur: 21 – review 2012-07-26T14:30:01Z But now, with over a month to binge its 29 episodes, “Thrones” fans might find in it a new source of upscale action and sex, of sneering drama and ruthless political gamesmanship. Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in January 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z She sneered at their weight and dress sense, saying “any woman over nine stone should be muzzled”. Even old age can’t dent my mum’s sexual appetite 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z “Who told you you were a piano player?” he sneered. An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In one scene in the series, Halston calls Calvin Klein a “hack” and sneers, “There’s something so Long Island about the whole thing.” Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z A thumping, clattering beat propels her indictment of her ex from seething to sneering to a well-placed scream. Foo Fighters Begin a New Chapter, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z An onslaught of sneering headlines followed, characterising today’s youth as boring, sensible and hopelessly screen-addicted. Generation Z: ‘We have more to do than drink and take drugs’ 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Campbell’s sneer is the face of a certain emotionless young white man whom the audience knows and fears. “The Society,” Reviewed: A Teen Dystopia, but with, Like, Socialism 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z We get hints of the bigger story when Lockdown eventually clashes with Optimus and sneers, “You weren’t born, you were built. And your creator wants you back.” REVIEW: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" Is Bot-Sh*t Crazy 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z As he told Rolling Stone before the final strip was printed: “A TV producer sneered at the strip and said, ‘Why do you bother? Why Matt Groening's new adult fantasy Disenchantment will find the fun side of hell 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Usher responds with an offhand sneer, “I’m poor.” ‘A Strange Loop’ Review: A Dazzling Ride on a Mental Merry-Go-Round 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z My smug sneering at this unimaginative venue quickly turned to awe when I saw gowns from the Costume Institute archives. 2010-01-29T14:30:00Z It had all the grandiloquence, Calvert Vaux sneered, of Napoleon III. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z After he cuffs the blubbering blind girl into unconsciousness, he sneers to Sterling, “Why would anybody pay a hundred grand to have that around the house?” DVDs: Olive Films Releases ?Deep Library? Films on DVD 2010-07-23T20:38:00Z On the rollicking and cheerily defiant “Last Man Standing,” he sneers, Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z His outright great guest appearances — sneering and vicious on Drake’s “Crew Love,” puffy-chested and blithe on Wiz Khalifa’s “Remember You” — often grab hold of other people’s songs and reshape them in his image. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Kiss Land’ is the Weeknd’s New Album 2013-09-08T21:45:10Z Burley spat at him, taking Sky News's famous love of self-promotion to a whole new level: stop making news, people, and just go home and watch us, sneering at you. | Hadley Freeman 2010-05-12T08:00:00Z Yes, indeed, and served straight up, with each sneering lyric and snarling riff in place. | 'American Idiot': A Musical Inspired by a Green Day Album Opens 2010-04-21T03:16:00Z And now young poets are sneering at us?” Books of The Times: ?Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters? 2010-07-19T22:25:00Z “They’re watching you ironically,” the sneering DVD player tells the laser disc player. A Toddler Detective, Pirate Parents and Other Witty Treats in Simon Rich’s ‘New Teeth’ 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z He heard both the sneers from the gallery and the enthusiastic applause from the stalls. The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z He stopped the hymn, glared, waited and sneered, “Where’s the coughing now?” before resuming with a brief coda. Music Review: After Hints Of Genius, A Muse Is Expelled 2011-01-17T22:30:26Z “Exactly! Although at some point I would want to make a popcorn movie. But then, of course, people will say – ” He sneers knowingly – ‘Oh, look! He was just pretending all along.’ The Florida Project’s Sean Baker: ‘I wanted the kids to be the kings and queens of their domain’ 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z On “Hard Piano,” he’s sneering, and “The Games We Play” is staggeringly good: “Caviar facials remove the toxins/This ain’t for the conscious, this is for the mud-made monsters.” Pusha-T, a Lecturer Seeking a Target, Finds One 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z A smaller version of this man sneered at them from behind him. Your stories: The Final Leap by Krazy Kesh 2012-10-10T11:00:00Z Agatha Christie sneered at Poirot and said that he was an egotistical, pompous little poppy or words to that effect. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Other weighty mistakes are entirely avoidable, like Hassell's outsized sneering and the wild-eyed fury driving his performance. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Jack Gleeson was blessed with an incredibly punchable sneer, but his master stroke, as an actor, was to base Joffrey’s despicableness in universally recognizable character faults. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: What a Wonderful Wedding 2014-04-14T02:00:12Z Its literati sneered at her evocation of the lives of the poor, not circles into which many Chinese writers strayed. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z It’s easy to sneer at new money, says Chaffee, but the fact is, they give and give big. How money muscled out power on Washington’s A-list 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z “Did you promise the cows you’d write?” he sneers at the sisters, after they leave jobs working at a dairy for the baseball league. “There’s no crying in baseball!”: “A League of Their Own,” a film about the sport’s women pioneers, resonates at 25 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Period villains sprang up in derby hats – a shady photographer, a sneering newspaper editor, a crooked impresario of bare-knuckled fighting – and our heroes were soon in pursuit of a toff in a carriage. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z Indeed, as Pinckney points out, LeRoi Jones, in his essay collection “Home,” from 1966, “sneered at Baldwin” for being popular on the “white liberal cocktail circuit.” Darryl Pinckney’s Intimate Study of Black History 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z She doesn’t sneer at her characters, and grants humanity to even those that seem, at first glance, to be teen-movie stereotypes. Offbeat Streaming: ‘Knock Knock,’ ‘John Lewis’ and ‘Sleight’ 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Andrei Popov, in his Met debut, had fun with the high tenor role of the sneering Police Inspector, singing with piercing, nasal comic intensity. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z Waldreg is in for a surprise though when he refers to his new Dark Lord as “Sauron,” only to have Adar sneer at him. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Season 1, Episode 5: Misty Mountain Hop 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “They just opened a new building, NPR,” sneered Savage on his syndicated show. NPR’s new headquarters refuels conservatives’ ire over funding 2013-06-22T01:12:13Z When she inadvertently gets a job at top fashion rag Mode in Manhattan, she is propelled down a rabbit-hole peopled with shallow, snide fashion-bots who openly sneer at her terrible clothes. Your next box set: Ugly Betty 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z Today these drinks can seem out of pace with the path of the bitter and boozy modern cocktail movement, which has long maintained a bit of a sneer toward overly sweet or cream-based drinks. When ice cream meets booze, what could go wrong? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z In New York, Dylan sounds less sneering and more lost. Shelter from the Storm: A Review of Bob Dylan’s Whiskey 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He flies around the globe, eats at the most expensive restaurants and sneers at nearly all of them. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z It’s not just that seeing Trump’s squinty sneer and fish mouth every time you turn on your TV is an anti-aphrodisiac. Donald Trump is destroying America’s sex life: Why his hateful orange mug has wrecked our libido 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Time magazine ran with the headline, “The sneers are turning to cheers.” 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The family looked down their noses at the residents, who in turn sneered at the family’s lack of real-world knowledge. Schitt's Creek: the funniest sitcom you're (probably) not watching 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z He’s a ham, but an effective one, which is to say that he lets the audience enjoy his own sheer enjoyment of playing the outsize role, with every droll one-liner and cultivated sneer. The Blacklist: America’s Next Top Wicked Genius 2013-09-23T09:45:36Z The face of a large "Portrait Statue of a Boy," dug from the sands on the island of Crete, wears a look that projects sneering disgust mixed with an aching throb of sadness. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The appearance of the Napoleon hat is as predictable as the sneering at the Americans. 2010-02-16T22:39:00Z "One swallow doesn't make a summer, Thomas," sneers one young toff, dumping Thomas into the "Cheers for the grapple, old bean, never telegram me ever again" file. Grace Dent's Screen burn: Downton Abbey 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z He doesn’t do many accents, but he’s terrific at shading certain voices, dampening the speech of a drunk, adding a touch of a sneer to an abrasive character. Recording Audiobooks For My Dad, Stephen King 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z But even during moments of agitation — with fitful stretches of tangled lines and sneering bursts of brass — the playing, however exacting and incisive, was impressively relaxed. Review: The Cleveland Orchestra Plays Strauss With Abundant Color 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z His gravelly sneers are perfect comic relief for a show imbued with genre-flick escapism - and real, live anger. Tyler, the Creator and Chance the Rapper voice 'Black Dynamite' finale 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Cole sneered at him and walked away. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Furious squabbles echo through the narrow hallways in which clusters of sneering teenagers consume heroin. Review: ‘The Fool’ Is Yuri Bykov’s Look at Corruption 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “The virtual world” — he sneered at the monitor on his desk — “is where the opposition lives.” Ksenia Sobchak, the Stiletto in Putin’s Side 2012-07-03T21:56:57Z In the 1930s, runaway brides ran amok with banter and high jinks; in the 1940s, femmes fatales did their men wrong with lipstick sneers and a bullet to the heart. Review: In ‘Girls Trip,’ Women Giddily Under the Influence 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z He sneers at the e-mails he gets advertising the organization’s “Third Annual Levee Disaster Bike Tour.” Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Through a mutual friend she contracted the writer Isaac Klein to compose the rap and sent him link after sneering link to the criticism she had gotten. Insult Tonya Pinkins? She Got There First. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z A social pariah in high school, Mr. Spector sneers at the classmates who ostracized him, dismissing them as “nothing.” | 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector': A Documentary Portrait of a ?60?s Record Producer 2010-06-29T21:39:00Z This is more than a sneer: to be "an intellectual" was itself grounds for mistrust. British Writers and MI5 Surveillance 1930-1960 by James Smith – review 2013-03-07T12:00:01Z Third Angel has produced some heavenly work in the past – it's less pretty when they choose to sneer. What I Heard About the World ? review 2010-10-26T21:31:00Z Mr. Bereal’s answer is a grim, industrial spin on Lady Liberty, with skeletal metal fingers, sneering teeth and a nail crown. Ed Bereal Brings Edgy to Bellingham 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z They want to be the superior person in the room, sneering at the world. Stephen Merchant Moves From Gervais?s Shadow to Stand-Up 2011-12-14T17:41:07Z Later, when Nacho is freed from jail, he sneers at Jimmy’s story about the Kettlemans being “very woodsy” people who went camping. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Jimmy's hustler nature prevails 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z "How many more social issues are you going to cram in?" sneered Fats. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – digested read 2012-09-30T18:30:01Z On that show, Americans who survived contagion on a naval destroyer find that even when there are no governments left, Russian officers on a nuclear-powered battle cruiser sneer at international cooperation. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Last week he was gutting possums on the porch and sneering at any nods toward respectability. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Don't Mess with Carol 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Mother would sneer as we tore into the vaguely unrecognizable pieces of chicken, and although she too partook, she claimed with each bite that all she tasted were chemicals. Self-protective cooking for a judgemental mother requires this recipe 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “I’m not the one who is going to get pregnant,” he sneered. Shirley Manson: The First Time I Cut Myself 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Shades, comical sneers … Brother have an instinctive grasp of the tropes of Britpop, and have duly polarised comment-leavers of standard indie sounds everywhere. This week's new live music 2011-02-12T00:05:30Z That may sound odd, since “middlebrow” is the kind of word rarely said without a sneer. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Your teacher hugs you every morning you make it in and sneers at the boys who wrestle in the back of the room, while their friends record the fight videos for World Starr. Taking Betsy DeVos to school: If Trump’s education secretary pick spent a day in an underfunded city school, she might understand them 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “I Know” suggests a sneering put-down of a rival band’s pretensions, while “San Andreas Fault Line Blues” belongs to the ageless category of Los Angeles disillusionment narratives. Shovels & Rope, Visiting New York With a Scrappy New Album 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z "The screenplay has pages I imagine remain only half-filled," sneers Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z When questioned, he sneers at Hardy that he would do the same – it’s just what men do. Broadchurch is a place overrun with casual misogyny – just like real life 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Her in-character attacks on her colleagues—with Roseanne Conner dismissing “all the shows about black and Asian families” on ABC with a sneer—did not warrant a censure from the network. Much Like a Trump Rally, the End of “Roseanne” Felt Both Shocking and Inevitable 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z This concession to the snowflakes among us is something that Sweeney, a vengeful former convict who converts much of London’s populace into carcasses for Mrs. Lovett’s cuisine, would surely sneer at. Review: A ‘Sweeney Todd’ That Gets Into Your Face 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z If it only it were coming out of the mouth of a person whose career wasn't built on sneering at and judging people, and wasn't referring to a man accused of intimate partner violence. Why Fox News is obsessed with Johnny Depp, its Manliness Under Siege mascot 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Sally, meanwhile, is all sneers and resentment and still the best kid on television. Mad Men Watch: In the Name of Love 2013-04-29T09:45:14Z When you visit the Team Stone page on the brewery’s website, the sneering quote under founder Greg Koch’s picture reads, “Fizzy Yellow Beer is for Wussies!” Beer of the Week: Arrogant Brewing’s Who You Callin’ Wussie 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Another woman recalled Weinstein sneering, “You’ll never make it in this business, this is how this industry works,” when she laughed off his advances. Prosecutors get final word at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “What results is the best I can manage by way of joyful worship—not the worst in sneering derision.” Thomas Berger’s Egoless Fictions 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z It had to do with the arch of the eyebrow, it had to do with the sneer. Jonathan Freeman, Jafar in ‘Aladdin,’ Hangs Up His Cobra Staff 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “Come back to me with your bottle of fears/Commit yourself to a steady career/And that’s that,” Mr. Gatesmith sang on “America,” which opened the show, adding with a sneer, “Forget that.” Music Review: The Minneapolis Band Howler at Pianos - Review 2012-01-19T23:28:18Z He was sarcastic and gloating and sneering and personal and they loved it. Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z Then came Attachment Parenting, and its perceived sneer that those who didn’t baby-wear or co-sleep were not attached to their children. Motherlode: Calling Mom a Hippo 2011-04-27T17:24:43Z For better or worse – likely the latter – people are likely most familiar with the version of Pepe that is smug, sneering, crudely drawn and racist. In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Claveloux takes pleasure in violating the familiar and many of these stories sneer at the stunted, insulting rituals of capitalism. Psychedelic Comics Like Beautiful Tattoos 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Even though “It’s been a long time,” she sneers, “Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled/I’m fine with my spite and my tears.” ‘Evermore,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Sequel, Is a Journey Deeper Inward 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Schwartz, to whom she was very much married at the time, began haranguing her in front of everyone for it: "I have never been so turned off in my life," he sneered. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Purists at the time lamented Brooks’s influence, and sneered that the cowboys he sang about meant little to him, and even less to the suburban fans listening in their cars. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z "They've probably never heard of frangipane before," sneers Hollywood as biscuits are dropped on the floor. TV highlights 21/01/2013 2013-01-20T20:00:02Z In the end, it took the attack on Pearl Harbor to persuade The Times to abandon its sneer. Here’s Looking at You, Grid: A History of Crosswords and Their Fans 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Once anthropomorphising animals was sneered at as a childish indulgence, now it's seen as logical for grownups, too, especially as science suggests we're more like our primate cousins than even Darwin clocked. Monkey business: primates on film 2011-08-03T20:00:00Z But otherwise this is a style that’s become unfashionable, something comedy nerds sneered at; “laugh track” is shorthand for not merely unfunny but also worthy of scorn. Review: The Euphoria of ‘One Day at a Time’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Fred Trump implicitly sneers at Paul when he discovers he’s Jewish. James Gray on ‘Armageddon Time,’ Antisemitism and Racism in 1980s Queens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Your wine-snob friends may sneer, but like Thanksgiving, beaujolais nouveau is a celebration of the recent harvest, and it is conveniently released exactly one week before the turkey hits the table. Four Thanksgiving wine strategies — and five great bottles for your table 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The relationships between the characters are based mainly on sneering banter or hectic declamation—on comedy and camp. The Styleless Fakery of “Suicide Squad” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “When cops are being gunned down, you don’t invite their family to the White House,” Pearson sneers. Lonnae O’Neal: Teen’s viral rant takes us deeper into ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z It's not the life or belief system I want my own children exposed to, but in sneering at my past and at current believers, I'm covering up the pain of it. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" helped me reconsider my painful Evangelical childhood 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z On the first one, he’s sneering and seething; on the second, he’s lost in reverie. The Playlist: Ashley McBryde’s Loner’s Lament, and 10 More New Songs 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The cartoonist George Cruickshank produced a caricature of the Female Reformers of Blackburn, for instance, and there were other sneers and slurs. Women's role at Peterloo revisited in Manchester anniversary walk 2012-08-15T09:33:47Z And so debates are often seen as little more than spats between sneering critics and intemperate thesps. Noises off: Sense and sensitivity to criticism 2010-06-24T14:46:00Z Denizens of the underground, meanwhile, sneered over its haughty presence. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Locals don’t sneer at the mainland money, but they often gripe about a lack of politesse among the Chinese. Journeys: In Taiwan, Steaming Pools of Paradise 2010-03-19T15:29:00Z Their voices have generally been honed by Twitter to a rapier-sharp meanness, alternating between dismissive sneering and scrupulous sanctimony. So You’re at a Literary Conference With a Bunch of Jerks 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z “If I wanted to pay money to see a black and white relic,” he sneered, “I’d buy The New York Times.” The Carpetbagger: Oscarizing 'Transformers' 2012-02-28T22:30:53Z Another man is tracking the actor’s every movement from a distance, and elsewhere, a sneering priest watches athletic competitions while receiving status reports on the actor from afar. ‘Nr. 10’ Review: A Strange Joke, Too Dryly Delivered 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The pilot pits her against a sneering escaped alien convict, a musclebound threat but a dramatic zero. Review: ‘Supergirl’ Leaps Tall Buildings While Leaning In 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Cue yokel bullying: they're sneered at in the pub, a dead fox is hung from their porch and a letter containing peeping Tom photos and a bullet drops through the letterbox. Homestead; Highgate Letters; Albert Speer's Walk Around The World; The Carhullan Army 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z Both are snoots sneering down from a pedestal of their own construction. Liv Ullmann on Miss Julie, Donald Trump and why she hates the modern age 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z "Few could match his wit and wisdom. He often laughed at politicians. He sometimes laughed with them. However, he never ever sneered at them," he added. Guardian journalist Hoggart dies 2014-01-06T17:42:10Z His first impulse is to sneer at the naïveté of newlyweds who believe that their happiness will never end. | 'Certified Copy': On the Road, Packing Querulous Erudition 2011-03-11T01:14:48Z If you want to don a leather jacket, turn the collar up and sneer at the world, this is your music. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2010-04-27T20:45:00Z To sneer that she's no Bob Dylan, as one comment did, is as foolish as Frank Sinatra saying the Beatles were talentless. Why the fury at Lily Allen's Ivor Novello awards? 2010-05-21T17:12:00Z He is, at that moment, not merely callow and sneering, as much of the press is apt to be in such a circumstance, he is, himself, grandly idiotic. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z "I always hated the expression anyway, mostly because I encountered it in stupid or sneering contexts." Jonathan Franzen: 'I must be near the end of my career ? people are starting to approve' 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z It’s a word that may be said with a sneer concerning a wine’s potential. The Profound Modesty of Good Dolcetto 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Writing in the Times last week, he sneered at old black and white images of cloth-capped workers educating themselves for free. Frank Skinner's attack on free libraries is a bad joke 2010-09-01T09:55:00Z Judging by the sneering joylessness of his newest creation, he seems to think the answer is quite a bit. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In the title role, Sondra Radvanovsky is imposing — and unafraid, in the second act, to sound unsympathetic, even ugly: sneering, curt, sour. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Nothing coy about this song, not with Shelley sneering, “Homo superior in my interior.” Remembering Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley: The ultimate punk romantic 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Mat Fraser contorts his body through a spasmodic sequence of movements to the Sex Pistols' Bodies, whose sneering line, "I don't wanna baby that looks like that" sums up the show's punk-like ethos. In Water I'm Weightless – review 2012-08-02T17:00:01Z Faced with a sneering villain who has been behaving very badly indeed, Schwarzenegger's grizzled small-town sheriff tells his enemy: "You make us immigrants look bad." Is Schwarzenegger ready to make a Last Stand as Conan the Barbarian? 2013-01-18T16:31:18Z No longer do in-the-know New Yorkers reflexively parrot sneers like the old Woody Allen line, that the only cultural advantage of Los Angeles is the right turn on red. Los Angeles and Its Booming Creative Class Lures New Yorkers 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z This reasonably good-looking 26-year-old English actor, with his asymmetrical eyes and a doughy torso, affects a cold, reptilian sneer. Movie Review: ‘Bel Ami,’ From Maupassant Novel, With Robert Pattinson 2012-06-07T21:45:16Z Arguably, his poor social skills, sneering and derision of others are played for laughs: he needs to be likeable, after all. Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective’s appeal? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Some purists sniff, if not sneer, at the trend. This Old Thing? Actually, It?s New 2011-02-02T21:41:12Z Still handsome with a wintry beard, his Scrooge is all eyebrows and mouth, furrowing into a suspicious glare or twitching into a sneer. ‘Christmas Carol’ Review: Brooding Scrooge Gets Ghosted 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z "I don't even know what that means!" sneers the sample. Jay-Z and Kanye West – review 2012-05-26T23:05:46Z "This is one occasion where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather," Phil sneers to camera. Groundhog Day: the perfect comedy, for ever 2013-02-07T20:00:03Z Evil Woody was originally pitched as a sarcastic bully, a sneering gunslinger whose cruel behaviour causes the other toys to rise up in rebellion. 'Evil gunslinger Woody' revealed as Toy Story celebrates 20th birthday 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z They champion some typefaces and sneer at others. Books Of the Times: Font Pain and Poetry: So Much Depends on a Curve 2011-08-21T22:00:10Z Despite sneering at the dinner as “boring and so negative” beforehand, he has managed to transform it in just a few years, both through passive and active measures. Trump wasn’t at the White House correspondents’ dinner — again — but his presence was felt 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The album’s boldest song, though, is one of its most sparsely composed: “Man From the Magazine” layers just Danielle and Alana’s acoustic guitars beneath some sneering commentary about music industry misogyny. Haim Steps Into a New Groove on ‘Women in Music Pt. III’ 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Hardly any one sneered at him as unkempt and dirty anymore. Albert Barnes and his pursuit of non-French art in Paris 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z While US politicians were still sneering about the crack epidemic among poor African-Americans, ER pointedly featured white characters from all social classes addicted to opioids. I’ve been bingeing on a 25-year-old sitcom. It’s smart, modern – and definitely not Friends | Hadley Freeman 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “What a dreadful job you’ve got,” an aggressively unpleasant, possibly homicidal woman sneers toward the end of Robert Galbraith’s latest mystery, “Lethal White.” Blackmail, Murder and Other Bad Behavior Abounds in Robert Galbraith’s ‘Lethal White’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1972, James Beard sneered that the cake was bland and uninteresting. Red velvet cake’s path from gimmick to marketing craze 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z “I don’t think you should sneer at my great-uncles for being cod-Irish, if you talk in slogans you found in skips.” Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Rebello's book concerns the decision by Hitchcock to embark on a project at the height of his powers in 1960, at a time when the genre was still sneered upon by Hollywood execs. Anthony Hopkins in talks to play Alfred Hitchcock 2011-01-24T14:13:26Z The snake hanging from a branch of the tree opens its mouth with a near-human sneer at the woman, who looks at the viewer with a mixture of exultation and bitterness. Art: The Gloomy Brilliance of Lucas Cranach 2011-03-04T12:00:05Z Those on the playground are rosy-cheeked and wear school uniforms and perpetual sneers. Spare Times: For Children, for July 13-19 2012-07-12T21:18:54Z Boon is an abrasive whirl from the moment he comes onto the screen, all derision and sneering, but even at the frontman's most unrefined, he reveals an intellectual acuity in his personality. Hulu's new Sex Pistols series is a rock 'n' roll swindle that plays like edgy karaoke 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z After all, he is an orange-haired buffoon who became famous in the 1980s and remains popular despite being sneered at by the elite media. How Carrot Top Wins in Vegas (Yes, He Can Be Funny) 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z One of the men sneers in the caption, “Liberals.” The Timeless Cartoons of Dana Fradon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “He’s also the president,” interrupted McCain, sneering at the former federal prosecutor. "The View" co-host Meghan McCain tries to pin the blame for Donald Trump’s shutdown on Democrats 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z So if music can help people to run, or run for longer, then music is contributing to the health of the nation, and that is worth a more than a sneer. Running with music: the case for and against 2013-03-13T16:54:00Z Mr. Louboutin’s talent is to create shoes that sneer and luxuriate in equal measure. Critical Shopper: Christian Louboutin’s New Store for Men 2012-09-25T19:51:49Z The series belonged to the last decade when sneering at television, and those who watch it, was a respectable prejudice. The ’90s Cartoon That Mattered? ‘Beavis and Butt-Head.’ (Fight Me.) 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Thanks to the album’s title and the band’s sneering anti-capitalist leanings, the group projects a political edge. The Music Itself Is a Form of Protest 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z In villages in the Schwarzwald, there are sneering houses: the little window in the roof is elongated like a sly eye. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The works feature different animals from the digital pantheon of cutsie symbols: a sneering shark, a plump pig, a spastic-looking gecko. In the studio with John Baldessari: At 85, the man who shunned 'boring art' has a new show 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z He did not know how to snarl or sneer or growl. Why I tried to be a punk 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “No,” Malcolm responds, sneering, disgusted at the suggestion of an inner life. Jesse Armstrong’s Savage Comedy in “Succession” Season 1 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “Beat Box,” by the young Florida rapper SpotemGottem — a thunderous, pulsing sneer of a track — was released just over a year ago. Who Needs an Album? Just Keep Remaking the Song! 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z But being placed atop the bill at one of his new city’s biggest festivals is the best reminder yet that Blilie’s band - and those early-aughts packs of sneering teenagers – were right all along. The Blood Brothers blow up punk -- again -- at FYF Fest 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The early punks might well have sneered at the moog but analogue synthetics were the alternative sound of 1977: White Riot AND Moss Garden, God Save the Queen AND I Feel Love. Hidden treasures: Martin Rev – Martin Rev 2013-01-10T17:03:53Z It was never more than “picayune sloganeering,” sneered one millennial-flavored dude in the 10 o’clock hour. Circus of GOP talking heads: I spent my post-election day watching Fox News 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z So I began to analyse elements of Sherlock's behaviour that might be construed as toxic: in particular coldness, lack of emotion, shutting people down, jibes and sneers. Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective’s appeal? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Many of Gaudi's Catalan contemporaries sneered at his buildings, and George Orwell described the fabled – and still unfinished – La Sagrada Familia as "one of the most hideous buildings in the world". TV highlights 19/08/2011: The Perfect Murder 2011-08-18T22:00:03Z We know that these misogynists, who sneer online or grope on trains or kill, do not exist in vacuums. The everyday fear of violence every woman has to cope with 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z "I am the supernova!" he sneered to boos. Rage Against the Machine 2010-06-06T23:53:00Z And always, with Sanders, the sneering denials of the obvious: Perspective | Sarah Sanders was the disdainful Queen of Gaslighting 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z "It's always the husband," my mom would sneer to me at least once per episode as we watched. “Only Murders” makes us question the ethically murky joy we derive from true crime 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Anna Paquin pops up in episode four to sneer at people. Roots remake: seminal slavery narrative still resonates in revamped miniseries 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z She was bullied at school and one day one of the school’s popular girls threw a CD of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” at her, sneering, “That’s the kind of thing you weirdo would listen to,” Rousselle recalled. A Kurt Cobain Opera Examines the Myth, Not the Man 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z One angrily hurls the microphone of a sneering TV reporter into the river and another battles bureaucracy in a search for an imprisoned relative who was moved in the Katrina chaos. TV series "Treme" puts New Orleans back on map 2010-04-07T13:46:00Z "Don't expect me to be nice just because I'm dying," Glynis sneered. So Much For That by Lionel Shriver | Digested read 2010-03-23T00:05:00Z Some cooed and said “Ah”; others sneered and said “Ew.” ‘Faux’ Male Feminists Draw Ire in Hollywood 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “We don’t trust her numbers,” Conway’s mostly male competitors would sneer. Kellyanne Conway Toggles Between the West Wing and the Home Front 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z It seemed existential at the time, but the 25-year-old D.C. native has since figured out how to soften that sneer. Review | Shy Glizzy is bigger than ever — but he still sounds like D.C. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But I think people who visit already enjoy it because one thing we stay clear from is snobbery – that sneering at anything written with the intention of being heard by more than seven people. Blog jam: When the Gramophone Rings 2012-06-04T11:16:37Z To his credit Mr. Levenson does not resort to stock types or cheap, sneering jokes. | 'Seven Minutes in Heaven': At Here Arts, Steven Levenson?s Play About Teen Desire 2010-06-13T21:49:00Z It sneers at Bestival's firework finale as it casually sets fire to its toilet blocks. Reading festival 2012 kicks off in style 2012-08-24T15:33:00Z “What on earth is wrong with that boy?” a villager sneers. All Screechers Great and Small: An Eco Fairy Tale 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z And yet Madden NFL is largely ignored by the people who write about, and study, video games for a living; neither sport nor video game, I spit you out, they sneer. Critic’s Notebook: Madden NFL 25 Portrays ‘Real’ Football 2013-08-26T22:05:55Z Pointing to a photo of Björk on my folder, a passing boy sneered at me, “I bet you don’t even know who she is.” The World Needs Female Rock Critics 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Between joyful sneers, Nasty encouraged her audience to “rage” — and Miami’s Smokepurpp followed her set by giving the exact same instructions, urging the crowd to commit their bodies to his brawny, ear-bullying music. Review | Did everyone go to Trillectro just to hear ‘Mo Bamba’? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Of course she does; after all, this is comic book art, not “fine” art, and the cultural elite, like countless parents, have sneered at comics since time immemorial. The Amazing Adventures of Pencil Man 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z If anything, those shows do better by the setting, if only because the Abbudinites are central to Tyrant, yet feel like bit players in their own story, there to sneer, suffer and read ridiculous dialogue. REVIEW: FX's Tyrant Is Its Own Downfall 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Did he realize that viewers - some of them, at least - were sneering at him and his friends as cartoonish stereotypes? Death for a reality star, but reality TV goes on 2013-04-04T13:58:09Z Costello turned "I Hope You're Happy Now" into a severe ballad, exchanging sneering anger for mellow contempt and reacting to romantic loss with an indignant shrug rather than a shaking fist. Concert review: The many faces of Elvis Costello 2010-12-21T12:13:00Z Walking out of the home often means, for women, having to tolerate men invading our space with unwanted comments and propositions, and women who complain are sneered at for supposedly being “snowflakes.” No justice in Cosby mistrial: Another stark reminder that rape culture hasn’t been conquered yet 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z It wrings a sneering performance from James Cromwell as Pius’s jealous mentor, Cardinal Spencer. Review: ‘The Young Pope’ Is Beautiful and Ridiculous 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He's a manipulative psychopath, smiling genially at one moment, sneering cruelly at the next. Accountant, prisoner duel in spellbinding 'Shade of Green' 2012-02-14T21:55:03Z And Tom and Ray’s style—snorting, sneering, laughing at their own jokes—really captured that love-hate relationship. The Car Talk Guys to Turn in Their Keys 2012-06-08T16:50:54Z Those who enjoy a sneer at the exhibition may relish the lack of fit between the serious conventions of this occasionally uptight public institution and the essence of the comic. Rude Britannia at Tate Britain: no laughing matter 2010-06-15T13:50:00Z It’s certainly the logical endpoint for a character like Zack Morris, a sneering, smirking, smug little rich boy who skated through life on his own privileged secretions. Saved by the Bell: will the revival be 2020's most depressing show? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z I’d never heard the orchestra’s growling postlude to Iago’s “Credo” so vibrant — as if that character were spitting angrily on the ground after his sneering speech. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Sings an ‘Otello’ for the Ages 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z My father was a teetotaler, never touched a drop, and I often heard him sneer about the scent of liquor on people’s breath. Dah Dah Doo Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Doo Dah La Ti Mi Fa La So Fa Mi 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Webb, as her stuffy father in Dreamboat, had sneered at television as a phenomenon that "encourages people who dwell under the same roof to ignore each other completely." Honey from the Forbidden Planet: Remembering Anne Francis (1930-2011) 2011-01-08T14:05:00Z With actors like Ms. Madsen, Ms. Graham and Johnny Knoxville, who plays Robert’s sneering supermarket boss, “Father of Invention” holds out some expectation of solid supporting performances. | 'Father of Invention': ?Father of Invention,? With Kevin Spacey - Review 2011-10-13T23:24:32Z But I recognize what a privilege it is to sit back and sneer. My BF’s BF is a cruddy lout 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z It's a passion that should never have been sneered at but treasured for the tender moment it was. I mocked the Beatles, and then they saved me 2011-04-20T22:01:00Z Most of the characters lack nuance — particularly Roberts' no-good husband, played with a nearly mustache-twirling sneer by Bryan Cranston — and the plot jerks along awkwardly. 'Larry Crowne' is the king of nice 2011-06-30T19:36:05Z “Oh, I get it,” the man jumped in with a sneer. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z But until then, vanity sneers in the mirror with impossible beauty standards and preservation of these perpetually depreciating assets, the transience of women's faces and figures. As a teenager, I hated Britney Spears and decades later I'm owning up to this misogyny 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Too easily swayed, it helps create the opposite danger, the sneering autocrat, proud and intransigent. Review: At Stratford, ‘Coriolanus’ Is Riveting and Troubling 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Older generations have long sneered that, since punk, there has been little protest music. PJ Harvey ? review 2011-03-06T00:09:25Z Does the news make you cheer or sneer? Review | Love it or hate it, ‘Cats’ the musical has way more than nine lives 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Take my picture,” she demanded, raising her lip in a sneer that suggested, “Even when I’m annoyed I’m still really cute.” Her Facebook disaster show 2012-11-20T01:00:00Z The explosive “Be Afraid,” which is written in an accusatory second-person sneer, is, on one level, a straightforward indictment of political apathy among his musical peers and the country at large. Jason Isbell, Self-Doubt and the Album That Tested His Marriage 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “You have to accept that you fell short,” she sneers. The Playlist: Paul McCartney’s Smooth Tunes, and 13 More New Songs 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It's difficult to keep the sneer out of my voice. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" helped me reconsider my painful Evangelical childhood 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Ha ha, we can all stop quoting Miranda Priestley’s speech about the importance of blue and go back to sneering at how stupid all this lady nonsense is! A former editor dished the dirt on Vogue – what did we learn? It’s just like any other magazine 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Instead, he one-upped the usual gorgeous corpses by walking out on his glory with a sneer and refusing to look back. Review: ‘Rimbaud in New York’ Splices the Genes of the Original Outlaw Artist 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She cajoles, she feigns composure, she sneers, she renounces — things get kind of crazy. ‘The Human Voice’ Review: Almodóvar Meets Cocteau Meets Swinton 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z I sneered at pep rallies and laughed at “school spirit.” The parents have room, but the kids have reservations 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Fade in to Nepal, as a hooded prisoner in a dark holding cell endures a merciless beating from sneering captors. The Expendables 2: Locked and Overloaded 2012-08-16T12:00:05Z That may be Young’s accomplishment in “Can You Tolerate This?”: connecting what are so often sneered at as “women’s issues” to the true, universal mysteries of human existence. In Essays About Bodily Ailments and Other Conditions, Clues to Writing — and Life 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The criminal masterminds, including a sneering Simon McBurney, coordinate their next moves. ‘Hijack,’ With Idris Elba, Is a Throwback Thriller 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z All this training, it transpires, is preparing her for an inevitable confrontation with Cate Blanchett's sneering nemesis who, like the Terminator, will stop at nothing until she is dead. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2011-08-27T23:05:46Z From Fort Myers, Fla., he’s been a model of consistency since his 2007 debut album: scratchy howl, dirty words, winning sneer, secret soft spots. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z Wine is the official beverage of the sneering elites, who think they are smarter and better than everybody else, and thus is a natural target for fear and resentment. In Wine and Critics, Populists Find an Easy Target 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Around here, Bollywood provokes a mixture of jealousy and bitterness: "The Indian women and those clothes," Majroh said, sneering. Defying the Taliban, one (bad) movie at a time 2010-06-19T16:02:00Z Even the sneering tremors in his voice can’t elevate the treacle. On ‘Mr. Misunderstood,’ Eric Church Pays Homage to His Influences 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z As Mashable wrote, "Kravitz's natural charisma is suffocated in a role that asks her chiefly to sneer and hip swivel while wearing leather." It’s hard to be Catwoman: a beloved, problematic character 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z She wasn’t sneered at, followed around department stores by an employee as if she was a thief, or pushed off the sidewalk when she was walking to school by white kids. Owning my mixed-race identity: Why I don’t have to choose sides 2014-03-12T23:00:00Z Ms. Etchingham also poured Hendrix cups of tea, a beverage he sneered at initially. Hendrix and Handel Slept Here: A Museum’s Strange Bedfellows 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Will Thomas and O'Brien sneer knowingly at each other? 13 of the week's top entertainment events 2012-02-15T22:44:04Z I knew the sneer, but the voice was throwing me off. From Slytherin to . . . "Apes" 2011-08-03T17:33:06Z “Would the Germans,” the column sneered, “have opened the Wagner year with a Verdi opera?” Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z The Mail sneers that the blurbs of these books "trip over themselves to promise their books will drive readers 'to tears' or leave them 'devastated'." 'Sick-lit'? Evidently young adult fiction is too complex for the Daily Mail 2013-01-04T16:34:11Z We are sneering at strangers for coughing, or apologizing to strangers for sneezing. Coronavirus is a test that no one knows how to pass 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Harrison’s “Piggies” sneered at upper-class complacency; Lennon’s “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” mocked overindulged trophy hunters. Deep Inside the Beatles’ White Album, 50 Years Later 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In the opera, the soprano Brenda Harris brings a big, wobbly voice and sneering bluster to the role and makes the most of her suitably melodramatic scenes. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z You will find no jolly racists, no sneering black traitors to their indentured race, whom Quentin Tarantino used to enliven his slave tale, Django Unchained. 12 Years a Slave: An Unflinching Take on the Great American Shame 2013-10-18T17:07:02Z The government contains only the sneering rich and serves only the sneering rich. Back to the Hugos: The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin 2011-03-29T08:59:41Z And Farrell, limp strands of hair slathered to his scalp like frosting on a cheap cake, sneers lines like "I want you to fire all the fat people" like a born villain. 'Horrible Bosses' isn't horrible at all 2011-07-06T23:38:10Z “It had all the gravitas of a toothpaste commercial,” he sneers. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Bill's secret action has unintended results 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Farce is often sneered at but in my view it's much more than comedy with a bit of extra slapstick. Feeling the farce 2010-12-15T13:01:43Z He took his sneering malevolence full throttle in the “Harry Potter” films, based on J.K. Alan Rickman, actor who brought dynamic menace to ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Harry Potter,’ dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Perhaps Miller, known for the smug performance of his xenophobic politics, was making a similarly sneering gesture. The Unsurprising Absurdity of Kirstjen Nielsen and Stephen Miller Eating Mexican Food During a Border Crisis 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z He appears, briefly, as a sneering business executive in a dream sequence on an airport tarmac. Stephen King Has Thoughts About Stephen King TV Shows 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “You’re just a silly boy,” sneers Lars’s mean, hard-bitten mother, when he admits his participation in a beating at a refugee center after the incident is reported in the newspaper. | 'Brotherhood': Gay-Bashing Neo-Nazis Struggle With Homosexuality 2010-08-05T23:09:00Z Have you, running, ever sneered at a less fit bystander? ‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The set concludes with his huge digital hit, “I Don’t Like,” a menacing litany of complaints that is one of the catchiest sneers in gangsta-rap annals. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z That is, employing people with opinions to politely yell and sneer at one another as opposed to calling upon accredited experts. CNN and NBC betray Sunday viewers seeking analysis on damning climate change report 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In an inversion of the usual kids-are-going-to-hell narrative, they find that suddenly nerds are respected, diversity is encouraged, tough guys are sneered at and caring–about grades or your car’s environmental footprint–is cool. 21 Jump Street, and How to Turn a TV Show Into a Movie 2012-03-20T12:41:17Z His easy smile — not the smirk he often plasters on Edward, or the louche sneer familiar from TV interviews — invites us inside his star quality. Water for Elephants: Under the Big Top with Reese and RPattz 2011-04-21T10:15:00Z But what’s notable about this album is how easily it toggles between pleas and sneers. Music From Little Big Town, Mila J, OC Maco and Ex Hex 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z So ATN brings out its sneering alt-rightist, Mark Ravenhead, to insinuate that the fire was a false flag, while Tom suggests booking an egghead historian to tell viewers that everything is fine and normal. In ‘Succession,’ Democracy Goes Up in Smoke 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Levers and pulleys and fake engineering, Getting a late pass, the office clerk sneering, Trying to memorize all British kings: These were a few of my least favorite things. Style Invitational Week 1269: Mess with our heads 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z A man who strong-armed votes might be feared as a fixer; she was sneered at as a freak. Review: In ‘The True,’ Edie Falco Stars as the Soul of an Old Machine 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Measuring roughly twice the volume of the band's wall-of-guitar noise, that trademark Lennon-Lydon sneer combines with the atmosphere to produce a proper, wild rock'n'roll concert. Beady Eye ? review 2011-03-04T12:54:53Z Sometimes, of course, my opponent does receive “tells,” but is soon revealed to be horrible: “nice use of an anagrammer, u cheater,” my opponent sneers after I make a bingo. First Person: Sheltered by Online Scrabble?s Anonymity 2011-09-16T23:02:17Z There are a few on-the-nose statements, as when Or, a contemporary soldier, sneers at the Birthright crew, “You are Jewish. But we are Israeli.” Review: In ‘Diaspora,’ an Ancient Siege for the Snapchat Age 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It took nearly 40 years, but the Sex Pistols, that snarling, sneering British band that helped launch the punk-rock movement in the 1970s has finally signed a recording contract without causing any embarrassing, tabloid-ready incidents. ArtsBeat: 'Anarchy' at 35: A New Record Deal for the Sex Pistols 2012-02-27T13:56:58Z "The only thing a Jew changes more than his politics is his name," he sneers of his opponent. Starry cast is smooth in 'Championship Season' 2011-03-07T03:11:09Z She didn’t sneer when I announced — in my 50s — that I was getting an MFA and that I wanted to write my thesis about her. Post critic Carolyn See stood up to tastemakers and became one of her own 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z With “All This Music Must Fade,” Daltrey’s trademark, sneering vocals set the tone. The Who knows you're gonna hate this song: Still defiant on new studio album "Who" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z For starters, if you’re in the habit of sneering at Minute Rice, stop. Perspective | All processed food isn’t bad. We took a nutritionist shopping to find reasonable options. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Similarly, the claim in “Man On a Wire” that looking in the mirror leads to “a big black beast looking back at me” is shrug-enducing, despite Manson’s best sneer, hard-ratcheting guitar, and thumping drums. Garbage?s Reunion Rock Record Feels More Like an Anomaly 2012-05-15T16:19:09Z Snobs from Harvard will serve as sneering, bad guys. Books of The Times: ?The Technologists,? by Matthew Pearl, Is Set in 1868 2012-02-23T00:25:22Z It’s hard to believe that Nick was once a successful astronomer, and Carmen’s do-gooding and left-wing politics are sometimes depicted with a satiric sneer. Books of The Times: ?Carry the One,? a Novel by Carol Anshaw 2012-03-12T21:38:55Z But mostly there’s just the cheap satisfaction of watching a sneering rich kid get punched in the face. 'Gotham' Recap: The Cheap Thrill of Smacking a Rich Kid 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z To Jasper’s suggestion that Oliver is messed up, Oliver sneers, “That’s like the pot calling the pot a pot.” | 'Oliver Parker!': Elizabeth Meriwether?s Dark New Comedy 2010-05-20T22:00:00Z “She makes money by telling lies,” sneers one young man. Review | Despite ‘Paterno’s’ ambiguities, Al Pacino is an effective — and pathetic — JoePa 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z He evoked empty heroism and then cut it down to size by making the sneers threatening, the uprising of the people. Russia's secret weapon? Valery Gergiev and the rapturous music of the Mariinsky Orchestra 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z When her father starts reciting the words to her favorite song, the disgusted ghost sneers: “When I was 15 maybe, yeah. Jesus Christ.” Review: In ‘Dust,’ the Measure of a Life After Suicide 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “No wonder she’s single,” one of them sneers after she’s just shown up a room full of men by finding hidden drugs and guns that had eluded them. Movie Review: ‘The Heat’ Is a Buddy Movie Without Any Guys 2013-06-27T16:22:35Z I sneered and turned up my nose at my peers, the high school boys and girls who gathered around campfires at their parents' houses on weekends underage drinking and drinking and drinking. I take to drinking 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z He looked great, though, lips sneering, eyes alternatingly downcast and googly. Capitol Hill Block Party day one notables: Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces, Champagne Champagne 2010-07-24T20:25:00Z The group wore baggy, brightly colored clothes, to the sneers and side-eyeing of their classmates in gold chains, black shades and matching B-boy outfits. De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z No one ever rapped more effortlessly, adroitly toggling between sneering menace and lackadaisical chill. Perspective | 25 years later, Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ remains rap’s world-building masterpiece 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Be really careful when sneering at a man in a diaper. New York Has Its ‘Jerry Springer’ Moment, With Arias and Dancing 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Yet Malle directs it, and the whole film, unrelievedly earnestly, adding a sneer of world-weary indifference that plays like a pose—but that pose has an intellectual foundation. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But when someone employed in the world of culture loses a job, he or she feels easier to sneer at than a steel worker or auto worker. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z He had humour too – bone dry, hard as nails, and usually delivered in a sneer or a shout. The Sweeney: box set review 2013-02-14T16:00:01Z So, while Stanley sneered at authority and sauntered about town going to magazine parties, Gil lived in dread. Stanley Bing’s Real Identity Was a Closely Guarded Secret. Until It Wasn’t. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z OK, his famously elongated transatlantic vowels haven't yet metamorphosed into a Johnny Rotten sneer, but is playing guitar in a punk band any way for a 59-year-old with an OBE to behave? Loyd Grossman kicks out the jams 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z The prophet—played by an actor reminiscent of a less-talented Ashton Kutcher—sneers and snivels through a slanted retelling of the founding stories of Islam. The Anti-Mohammed Video: Ridiculous, and Now Deadly Serious 2012-09-12T17:09:42Z But more academically credentialed intellectuals sometimes sneered at him for his simplicity and direct style. ‘American Urbanist,’ a Well-Timed Biography of a Man Who Reshaped City Life 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Ageing purists sneer at young people when they attempt to break into the rarified ranks of Bad Movie aficionados. From The Room to Geostorm: how to make a movie so bad that people will love it 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z I assume Bennett does not sneer at the audiences for his plays. Why Alan Bennett is wrong about the National Trust 2012-11-21T19:00:01Z The cloud cover of sneers, pouts and snarls never parts to reveal the anguish and vulnerability underlying them. Theater Review: ?Look Back in Anger,? Starring Matthew Rhys 2012-02-03T03:03:00Z In three shows this week, he played a diverse gang of scene stealers, including a pompous Italian Player King and a sneering French maid out for revenge. The Improvised Shakespeare Company’s Couplets Off the Cuff 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Specifically, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, is given a solo song that functionally humanizes and absolves him of blame while the Jewish priest class appears as conniving, sneering villains. NBC’s next live musical to enrage Jewish people, Christians, your mom 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z My staid Midwest father, who'd sneered that I was "freelance everything," said "Finally, a real job!" A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Drums kick, guitar riffs churn and Iggy taunts and sneers at the world, terse and unbridled. New Music: Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue, Kenny Chesney 2013-04-29T21:31:45Z A black woman sneered as I left the bathroom. I lived “Orange Is the New Black” — now I’m going to watch it 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “That was cute,” they each sneered at various points. Jeezy and Gucci Mane Address 15-Year Beef in Heated Verzuz Livestream 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z That Disney dollar is not to be sneered at, especially for a “proudly working-class” girl from north London. Kaya Scodelario: 'Nine times out of 10, my character is with a guy twice my age' 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Still, the show is wonderful precisely because it treats violence in America with a sneer of nihilism. “Heathers,” Reviewed: The TV Remake of the Classic Teen Comedy Is a Feat of Hostile Farce 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z He nailed the menace in “Pop the Trunk” and the indignation of “I Wish,” a nimble, sneering track about belonging in hip-hop despite naysayers. Music Review | Yelawolf: Alabama Rapper at Brooklyn Bowl, With ?Trunk Muzik? Mixtape 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z Some sneer at Atwater’s “corporate jargon,” others blame the victim and defend the school. Welcome to Boarding School. Are You Safe Here? Good Question. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z I used to sneer at people who did hot yoga but, to my chagrin, I have found it an amazingly stress-reliever. Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “Flawless” was sneering and excellent; the entire stadium shouting “I woke up like this” was sass en masse. Beyoncé and Jay Z near perfection at Safeco Wednesday night 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z No sooner does the piano spin a tragically tinged narrative of loss than the orchestra sneers in mocking, sarcastic derision. Classical CDs: Gerstein, Gaffigan do justice to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z When Ms. Kardashian West first rose to prominence, commentators sneered that she was “famous for nothing.” A Celebrity Z-List? Yes, It Exists 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Fincher doesn’t show you her sneer; he doesn’t have to. Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “I am the world’s forgotten boy,” Iggy sneered in 1973, instantly making himself a champion to all contemporaneous weirdos and every iteration of punk to come. Perspective | Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z But, in the end, something was off—he was too sneering, too cerebral. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z To a person, the characters are types: the shallow American kids, the dissolute playboys, the noble protesters and journalists, the cynical advisers, sneering elites and sad-eyed children. REVIEW: FX's Tyrant Is Its Own Downfall 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z It is that rarest of things: a place where music fans of wildly varied tastes actually get along famously, with no evidence of musical snobbery or sneering trolls. Readers recommend lives on 2011-01-06T22:59:01Z “I can’t let these people play me,” West sneers in the first act. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z It's a sneering, caustic commentary that asserts the prophet's self-absorbed grandiosity while mocking his prohibition against idolatry. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Bruce McKinnon brings a sardonic, slightly sneering edge to Touchstone, so often Shakespeare's most superfluous clown. As You Like It 2010-09-26T20:45:00Z On the one hand, we admire good taste: we recognize it as a driver of novelty and enjoy sneering at people whose taste is worse than ours. Apple at Forty: Steve Jobs Led Us to the Fourth Dimension 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z We’re a third of the way into this relatively short memoir when we meet Sleater-Kinney, which made as thundering and sneering a sound as any trio could. Review: Carrie Brownstein’s ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’ 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z I will pretend to sneer as I unwrap each gift. Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Child I’ll Never Meet’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A few now sneered at both Zborowski and him as dandies. Albert Barnes and his pursuit of non-French art in Paris 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z But he had felt sadly embarrassed where he didn't even want to show "Casino Royale" to his publisher because he thought they'd sneer at it. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He sets the tone on the opening “Cashback,” his bold strut underpinning Cherry’s defiant sneer: “Do I look like I’m for sale?” Album review: Neneh Cherry, 'The Cherry Thing' 2012-07-02T03:07:00Z Urie is mesmerizingly hammy: His eyes pop and his mouth shapes each word with ferocious emphasis, then just as quickly breaks out into a maniacal grin or a vicious sneer. Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z If you’re a Democrat, and sneering about the tax breaks you say Mitt Romney wants to give “the wealthiest Americans, like him,” shouldn’t you be at least sheepish about these lavish things? Convention Diary: In a Swirl of Excess, No Guilt Included 2012-09-08T02:16:18Z Pat would have to deal with jealousy and envy, those classic adolescent sneers, all his life. How Pat Conroy and I became lifelong best friends 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Two dark-suited, sneering men are there to tell him of his arrest. A spellbinding descent into chaos: ‘The Trial’ 2013-04-11T18:36:42Z The rise of reality shows led to a ceaseless parade of instant hate figures, plucked from obscurity and flung onscreen for us all to sneer and point at. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z “You didn’t think we were going to cuddle while I read you Wordsworth,” she sneers. Movie Review: ‘Liberal Arts,’ From Josh Radnor 2012-09-13T22:06:30Z Really singing, rather than sneering or shouting, the role of Alberich, he is dignified, even suave. Review: The Philharmonic Makes Wagner’s Gods Chillingly Human 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z With her dismissive gestures, her curled-lip sneers, her ready insults and guilt-free lies, Sanders is a conduit — a tool — for Trump’s own abusive relationship with journalists. Perspective | Sarah Sanders is at her worst at a strange time — when she’s talking about respect for women 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Still, while showered with support, both Lukic and the Belgrade actresses have also endured negative comments and sneers. Serbian rape charges spur cross-region #MeToo-like response 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “I thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye,” Boon sneers. 'Justified' Series Finale Recap: We Are Gonna End This 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z When she sneers at Evers’s finally laying down her apron, the maid replies “There are more stains in heaven and earth, than are dreamed of in your philosophy.” ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 11: Hotel California 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Paparazzi and contemporary art are two topics apt to bring out sneers from Hollywood types who consider themselves too refined and clued in to be, well, Hollywood types. ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: Art Snobs Get a Gory Comeuppance 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Attracting Flies, a single with a memorable depiction of lying – "everything you exhale is attracting flies," sneers Francis – remains some way off its sell-by date. AlunaGeorge: Body Music – review 2013-07-27T23:05:01Z His sneers at his former show, Two and a Half Men prompting cheers from the audience. Charlie Sheen's Violent Torpedo of Truth sinks star live in Detroit 2011-04-03T15:24:42Z Instead, after one more time jump, we find Barry’s son sneaking to a friend’s house to watch the movie, which portrays Barry as a naïve victim, manipulated by Gene, a sneering criminal mastermind. In the ‘Barry’ Finale, Hollywood Gets Away with Murder 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The plot, as ever, is a mere excuse for sneering at the leisure class. Review | Theresa Rebeck’s riff on Restoration comedy is not quite a smash 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z When he calls himself the “friendliest black artist in America,” you can almost hear the sneer in that slogan. What Makes Pope.L’s Art Endure? (It’s Not the Famous Crawls) 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “Shabby Doll,” a tale of back-and-forth humiliation, lost its old rock sneer for gnarled chords and hints of jazz syncopation, turning it into something more complex and compassionate. Elvis Costello Treats Carnegie Hall to a Solo Show 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z And he's a politically tone-deaf pillar of sneering arrogance with the starving, rioting plebeian masses, and the treacherous Roman patricians aiming to exploit and destroy him. 'Coriolanus': A Roman warrior, warts and all 2012-01-13T20:54:00Z He grouses about the coverage, sneering, “Martial law may have been imposed in Poland, and we have footage of Prince Rainier on honeymoon with his showgirl.” | ?The Hour?: Espionage in the Government and Shenanigans at Work 2011-08-16T12:00:00Z Ms. Sherr, as Alexa, began fuming about her inability to win a person over on the phone, alternately sneering and pouting as she talked. Former Students and ‘Wynn Place Show’ Praise Wynn Handman 2013-12-25T21:24:07Z In one particularly cruel moment, Noel Gallagher, the Oasis singer, sneers at the aging Collins’s invitation to jam with him in an island bar, prompting Kate Moss to apologize. Phil Collins Wants You to Know He Isn’t Dead Yet 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z After crumpling up Oliver’s love letter and sneering at its author, he had a suggestion for his next installment. How not to respond to John Oliver’s ode to local newspapers 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z He could be dismissive, because some ideas have to be dismissed, but he did not mock or sneer. My hero: Victoria Glendinning on John Gross 2011-01-15T00:06:05Z You don’t feel the actors are sneering at the dog owners in Best in Show, or the folk singers in A Mighty Wind. Catherine O'Hara on the joy of Schitt's Creek: 'Eugene Levy is the sweetest man!' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z They also sneer at mothers who work in the home. Meet the women of the men’s rights movement: Why they see feminism as a “personality disorder” 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z She also plays to stereotypes of sommeliers as sneering over our shoulders as we dine, criticizing our wine choices and table manners. Some sommeliers don’t brush their teeth in this wine service ‘tell-all.’ Is that right? 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Off to one side, the future Richard III sneered at the scene. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z |
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