Word: sneered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...quoted in our yesterday's issue; and surely every Harvard man will agree with us in this. Such sentiments are both admirable and truly generous, and far too seldom find utterance either East or West. We fear lest our Western friends, who are often too sensitive to the ignorant sneer of the Eastern undergraduate, will misconstrue our meaning. "In this brotherhood of colleges there is no place for jealousy...
...freshwater' schools are beginning to draw away students from the 'old salts.' The fair-minded student East or West will see that in this brotherhood of colleges there is no place for jealousy, and the Western depreciation of Eastern colleges is as absurd as the more frequent and ignorant sneer of the Eastern undergraduate at Western institutions...
...last number of the Crimson contained an article entitled "Waiters." Unfortunately, and entirely unexpectedly to us, this piece has been regarded by some members of the University as an affront to, or rather sneer at, themselves. We have already, in the Advocate, made a statement in which we deprecated the view of the matter taken by these gentlemen, and we wish here to uphold what we there said. There is no class of men in College whose feelings we would so much regret to have hurt in any way as those who, by efforts and sacrifices which all admire, fight...
That furnish many a sneer and jibe...
...says I killed him? Nobody saw it; the very moon was behind a cloud, and we flew, flew, flew over the prairie. He was alone with me in the engine cab, and taunted me again with that devilish leering sneer; and then there was a dull blow, and I threw open the throttle valve and crept, with it in my arms, through the narrow window, and dropped it under the driving-wheel. Then away we went, and the heavy train leaped and jumped from side to side as we shot through the darkness. How white their faces looked...