Example sentences for: scoffed

How can you use “scoffed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Those who took the time to read the article learned that Nixon's support came mostly from Republican circles and that die-hard critics scoffed at his alleged foreign policy expertise.

  • When asked whether "at some point" dealing with Milosevic would "become impossible," Lockhart scoffed, "I am not going to spell out a timetable or what he has to do."

  • Then he scoffed that "Al proposes an education program" that "comes from Washington."

  • Iraq has scoffed at new U.N. sanctions that punish its intransigence and has threatened to shoot down U.S. surveillance planes.

  • On Meet the Press , National Organization for Women President Patricia Ireland scoffed that the public wouldn't heed attacks on Clinton "from a Bob Barr, who's been married three times and lied under oath."


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