Sentences with phrase «to sneer at»

I think overall I agree with you, and have suspected it to some degree myself, but equally, just as there are people who sneer at women who publicly breastfeed, they same is happening to women who bottle feed.

Some adored its challenging circle - line puzzles, while others felt sneered at by designer Jonathan Blow when they failed to solve them.

«It's not something that just to be sneered at as something that's not politically correct and we shouldn't be talking about it.»

That said, I was floored by the revelation that Rachelle Gardner, agent extraordinaire, and someone who has kind of sneered at self - published work, has now... self published.

Real self - doubt resides in those of us who are denied real membership in the elitist Mystery Writers of America and other such organizations who sneer at self - published authors, who claim our work is merely part of a giant «slush pile», who arrogantly claim we're contributing to a mountain of «crap» that has been made possible by the recent ease of self - publishing.

Now that Sturgeon has demanded a second referendum, the Westminster Right swings between snickering at the supposed naivety of the silly «nats» and raging at their refusal to enthusiastically partake in our brave new Brexit Britain - all the while sneering at the supposed subsidy junkies north of Hadrian's Wall.

I hope I can now take a plastic bag from the supermarket without getting sneered at, secure in the knowledge that in 100 years the bag will crumble to dust.

Millenials are often sneered at for not caring about long - form news, or even any news.

Underwater archaeologists were sneered at for so long.

It's funny to see those titles that others sneered at now making enough money for the good writer to make a living... plus that writer maintains control (something that I think horrifies most publishers, and even a few agents).

Marxism sneers at religion as an «opium» devised by the wealthy to keep the poor meek and content in their misery.

Join that with a terrible lapse in education quality, and with the segment of our population who actively sneer at education and you have a flock of voters waiting to be told how to vote by whoever tells them what they want to hear.

These authors sneer at anyone who hasn't «proven» themselves the same way they did.

The car seat that comes with the amazing Eddie Bauer TriTrek Travel system is nothing to sneer at either!

Devised by acting - writing comedy team Lowe and Oram and co-scripted by Amy Jump, director Ben Wheatley's professional and personal partner, the movie pokes fun at the social limitations of these lumpen Midlanders without sneering at or patronizing them.

No, I'm not sneering at ethical concerns — merely espousing different ethical priorities.

Knowing that there are people out there who are going to not only sneer at anything I write just because I'm female (and prone to writing heroines of color, women in positions of power, and queer people), but who will actively work to shout down anything I and authors like me try to do.

Don't sneer at such people for seeking after snails.

Roasted Red Pepper Dip — Game day fans typically sneer at the veggie platter, but they'll be digging in once they notice this dip calling the shots.

The Hard Left sneering at defeated NEC opponents is utterly nauseating.

It's now sneered at because Blair «lied to us all» and is a «ghastly figure» — well, he's not to my mind.

Is Grayson Perry Secretly Sneering at Essex Values?

On Tonight's programme we'll be inviting Chucka Umunna to join us in sneering at George Osborne.

With the exception of Henry's despicably racist father, Pappy (Jonathan Banks, dead - eyed perfection), who spends most of the movie sneering at Laura and hurling epithets in the Jacksons» direction, Rees has a remarkable gift for seeing her characters whole.

Actually, I don't recall Gardner ever sneering at self - publishing.

Four hours of battery life isn't acceptable for Notebooks anymore and on a tablet we tend to sneer at anything below 8 and with hybrid touting in at close to 20 hours with they keyboard dock, we're not sure how this will compete.

(Picture husband sneering at my comfy fleece PJs and saying, «un vrai tue - l'amour.»)

So, I said, nearing my point, who are we to sneer at part - timers selling real estate?

While one person may scratch their head or even sneer at a Christian phrase, another believer could be drawing genuine encouragement from it.

Don't snicker or sneer at something your ex says or something your child relays to you, and don't attempt to convey to your children that you're the better parent.

Ukip «s Douglas Carswell also leapt on the comments, stating on Twitter: «Remain MP caught sneering at voter on campaign trail - they despise you and your views».

The description comes a day after George Osborne sneered at a question about when he had last been in a Greggs shop during a grilling at the Treasury committee.

So sneer at your less than pure green committed fellow countrymen.

Moviegoers who sneered at Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) for its lack of «realism» had probably better stay way from this film as well.

Rather the last thing I'd think indie authors would want to do is sneer at publishers when what they need to do is learn from them.

Oddly, intellectuals and academics across America sneered at Eisenhower while he was president.

During the Civil War, his Anaconda Plan for strangling the South by keeping it from its sources of supply was first sneered at by Union generals.

Ackman sneered at one point.

I laugh and sometime sneer at those who think new Fed Head Jerome Powell will impose monetary discipline by raising interest rates at least up to the real rate of inflation and reduce the Fed's balance sheet according the schedule as laid out by Yellen.

Cutler has sneered at Roger's ambition to head up the new SC&P: «And you'll be our king.»

And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, «He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.»

It featured some mountebank striding up and down in front of an audience, wisecracking and sneering at Darwinism....