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For JEER, below is one of 56 sentences:
But it was not merely a falsehood, it was the cruel jeer of some wicked power, some evil, hateful power, to whom one could not submit.

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 Meanings and Examples of JEER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jeer
 n.  gear; tackle; combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  But it was not merely a falsehood, it was the cruel jeer of some wicked power, some evil, hateful power, to whom one could not submit.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 9
3  She looked up quickly to see if there was a jeer behind those words but there was none.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
4  They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  There was no lack of material; boys happened along every little while; they came to jeer, but remained to whitewash.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  Then, when I had got as far out as my voice would reach, I began to jeer at the Cyclops.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
7  'I don't jeer at you,' he said.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
8  They mock and jeer at the lost souls whom they dragged down to ruin.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  The laborers began to jeer the travelers and by their insolence disturbed the equanimity even of the cool Athos, who urged on his horse against one of them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 20 THE JOURNEY
10  The red glow in the sky was fading now and the road became so dark, so frightening, Scarlett would have welcomed words, any words from him, even jeering, insulting words, words that cut.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  He was jeering at her and, somehow, she knew he was jeering at himself too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  His voice was soft but there was a vibrant note in it, and looking up into his dark face she saw in it none of the skepticism, the jeering humor she knew so well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  His jeering words passed over her head and she did not even hear them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  "Brace up," said Rhett, and there was a hard, faintly jeering note in his voice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
15  But she did not possess his sense of humor which tempered his malice, nor his smile that jeered at himself even while he was jeering others.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence:
1  As I said, it is very easy to jeer from the sidelines and make boastful claims of what you would do in the same situation.
2  Don't jeer at the person who came last in the race - it's very unkind.
3  She buried her face in his bosom, she clung to him, she poured out her terrors, her unavailing regrets, and the far echoes turned them all too jeering laughter.
4  Marchers jeered at white passers-by, but there was no violence, nor any arrests.
5  The boy struck at his companion who had jeered at him.
6  The crowd jeered preacher's apocalyptic predictions of doom at the street.
7  Charlie Brown tried to amplify his remarks, but he was drowned out by jeers from the audience.
8  To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an antelope.
9  The Prime Minister's speech was greeted with boos and jeers.