scoffing

[ UK /skˈɒfɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. showing your contempt by derision
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How To Use scoffing In A Sentence

  • Their owners will be scoffing a soggy sandwich before hitting the road to the next meeting. The Sun
  • I'm only responsible for scoffing the plain ones.
  • I scoffed at the idea of such a thing when it first struck me, just as many of you are scoffing now.
  • Do you get the following after scoffing certain foods? The Sun
  • Helena's beer adds an aggressive malty note to her blinis which, as we're more likely to be scoffing them with wine than vodka in this country, is not an ideal match with pre-dinner drinks. How to cook perfect blinis
  • Their guest made a loud scoffing noise and stood up, violently pushing back his chair so that it rucked up the carpet.
  • ` ` Mony thanks to ye, 'he said, scoffingly, ` ` for collecting sae muckle winter eilding for us; but if ye step a foot nearer it wi that lunt, it's be the dearest step ye ever made in your days.' ' The Black Dwarf
  • The unfortunate party members, staying in seedy bed-and-breakfasts on shoestring budgets, are reduced to scoffing free booze and vol-au-vents at corporate receptions.
  • The rodent squeezed into this bird feeder but after scoffing the lot was too fat to get out. The Sun
  • Mony thanks to ye," he said, scoffingly, "for collecting sae muckle winter eilding for us; but if ye step a foot nearer it wi 'that lunt, it's be the dearest step ye ever made in your days. The Black Dwarf
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