Sentence Examples:
To scoff at him is fair sacrilege.
Gaunt forgave it as a worldly scoff.
Cynics will chuckle, and pessimists scoff.
Strangle the foe that dares to scoff!
Strangle the fool that dares to scoff!
Many would scoff, and call it menial.
Entrenched backers of the telegraph continued to scoff.
We were only answered by scoffs and jeers.
How he scoffs at us, that yellow ruffian!
He scoffs at science and the noodles giggle.
"Oh, Molly, cease your scoffs," implored poor Madeleine, wearily.
I hear the jeers and scoffs of pious fiends.
In these hours the soul scoffs at sordid things.
Giles perversely took this as a scoff, and fumed.
And he ended with a scoff of angry derision.
People may scoff at presentiments who never feel them.
Northrup ceased to scoff at his fancy; he wooed it.
You strip him and then scoff at his nakedness.
Why play such pranks to draw people who scoff?
And so he lifts his frosty mustache and scoffs.
The farmer agreed with a contemptuous and bitter scoff.
Rude scoffs and sharp invectives were their only answer.
Those who scoff misunderstand the mentality of our men.
Opulent and powerful they scoff at antagonistic public opinion.
His mood was certainly not one of ribald easy scoff.
Many men scoff at a chair as a cumbersome luxury.
The Generals of the army openly scoff and jeer.
They deny their parentage when they scoff at idealism.
Don't scoff at college bulletins as your grandfather probably did.
"You treat our remonstrances with scorn, you scoff at our rebuke."
Burke amid the jeers and scoffs of the so-called conservatives.
To his iron scoffs she returned tears, tenderness, and supplications.
They paused to scoff, "afraid of your new mittens, ain't you?"
Again I heard him emit his listless little scoff of misery.
She could not scoff or scorn herself out of the infatuation.
Do you think your scoffs can extinguish the flames of hell?
Too many of my countrymen are tempted to scoff at your skyscrapers.
It cannot be, you say; the world would deride and scoff.
Their prayers and entreaties were replied to only with brutal scoffs.
My classmate was inclined to scoff at the notion of Universal Peace.
When he spoke of marriage it was with a scoff and jeer.
No really wise gnome would scoff at the water, the beautiful water.
Will a scoff, or a quibble over a doubtful passage, serve your turn?
At sixteen one may be homesick even though one scoffs at the notion.
Deliberately and defiantly they disregard the law and scoff at it.
"They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak loftily," etc.
You scoff at social standing, and yet you complacently base yourself upon it.
With what overpowering dignity did she repulse my father's licentious scoffs!
You may scoff at my weakness, but my sorrow is well-nigh unendurable.
Yet of the moderns there are many who scoff at all omens.
The hard man spoke so tenderly that his hearer dared not scoff.
Of course the materialistic would scoff at the idea of the marriage of minds.
Can you imagine a dandy talking to the people, save to scoff at them?
The men were having what is called in tramp parlance a "store-made scoff."
Naturally, autocrats resent or scoff at advice that has no sanction behind it.
How could he have withstood the scoffs and sneers of an infidel world?
Charlotte Eldridge, even, would have condemned it as the bald scoff of inexperience.
He bore the scoffs and insults of the people with the greatest equanimity.
Then do not frown or scoff at it, Deride not, or detract a whit.
The men of Erin began to scoff and to shout and jeer at him.
We of the railroads are inclined to scoff at the slowness of government methods.
He laughs, he scoffs, he whistles, he swaggers, but he is faithful and brave.
The weather is regarded as the very nadir and scoff of conversational topics.
We scoff at liberty as at despotism now, and at religion or incredulity quite impartially.
They would jeer and scoff at men for their struggles, lying, and treachery.
The penitents declared that Frank had taught his followers to scoff at chastity.
She scoffs at the idea of going away for a little holiday to the seaside.
I suppose you scoff at those things we do to put cripples back in life.
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow.
He who, in his ignorance, comes to the wasp to scoff goes away to admire.
He professed to scoff at the attentions he received, would grunt and growl "Humbug!"
For just that, my buck, I'll make you scoff 'muffin' 'till you're quite poorly!
The husband who scoffs at science might have been saved by it from dishonor.
In an introduction to this enormous burlesque Jonson throws scoffs at "The Tempest" of Shakespeare.
Very well, Aristophanes, I sympathize with you that you can no more scoff at me.
We find drawings made on papyrus to scoff at what the nation used to hold sacred.
"First catch your hare" is a piece of advice which our patriots here would scoff at.
Even though she refrained we may imagine her unrestrained scoffs and her bitter laughter.
Who would not scoff at the prattling babes imitating the language of their elders?
He said, half timidly, as if he feared the scoff that might follow his words.
He said, when he spoke of him, contemptuous, with a scoff always in his tone.
That is a story that Sofia scoffs at, and that is believed by bucolic Bulgaria.
Superficial observers are ready to doubt or to deny, to sneer haughtily, or to scoff contemptuously.
Show him testimonials from any number of prominent citizens, and he would simply scoff.
"Landless and nameless should we then be, and all men would scoff at us."
Why, you are old, you are not worth five shillings a month and your scoff (food).
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression, pour forth oppressive taunt; they speak loftily.
To this modern Romans affixed their scoffs at persons or laws open to ridicule or censure.
Years passed away; he was ever in my path, blighting me with threats and scoffs.
The age in which we live is always a conceited one; always ready to scoff at innovations.
Self-government will be an unsolved enigma, rational liberty a paradox, a republic the scoff of monarchs.
The malicious whisper, the stifled, deriding laugh, and the open scoff came from every corner.
A modern servant would scoff at decanter stands; would wonder they were not melted down.
They laugh at our music, they scoff at our arts and twist them into obscene mockeries.
And yet I am going to scoff and say ugly words about this fetish of ours.
"You are a heathen," she pouted, sitting down again, "and scoff at the most sacred things."
There was a scoff in his voice that made my blood tingle; but I subdued myself.
It is noble and generous in a handsome fellow like you to taunt me and scoff at me!
It is an absurdity which common sense, as we call it, demolishes with scoffs and laughter.
It is certainly not every American who scoffs at English wit that is entitled to do so.