Example sentences for: scoffs

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

  • Katzenbach, who was U.S. attorney general under Johnson, scoffs at the notion that Legal Services is just another government handout.

  • Dowd says she would rather read a piece by Bianca Jagger than one about health care and scoffs at Fallows for not wanting to chase old news about Gianni Versace and Princess Di.

  • The accompanying editorial scoffs at the First Amendment claim that campaign spending is speech ("ridiculous") and suggests that the United States ban political television ads.

  • " 'Contain Saddam' is not a ringing bumper sticker," scoffs Steve Roberts (CNN's Late Edition ).

  • An article scoffs at "stress": It's a bogus disease that white-collar workers use as an excuse to skip work.


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