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Example sentences for "sardonic smile"

  • To Pao-yü's eager and incessant inquiries, the Fairy made reply with a sardonic smile.

  • Suddenly perceiving Pao-yü come in to pay his respects, and report that he was about to go to school, Chia Cheng gave a sardonic smile.

  • At this, Faringhea could not refrain from a sardonic smile.

  • And yet a moment ago Captain Russell was reproaching me for the foolish violence of my words," retorted the Maltese, with a sardonic smile.

  • Very favourably, of course," responded the sick woman, with a sardonic smile.

  • The convulsions produced by its poisonous plants gave rise to the expression of sardonic smile, which is as old as Homer (Odyssey, xx.

  • The explanation given by Mahon of the meaning of "sardonic smile" is to be sure the traditional one, and was believed in by the late classical writers.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brown house; cent store; deal more; doing wrong; each front; eldest son; exists only; free silver; ground cinnamon; her conduct; national affairs; olive oil; once perceived; proved fatal; recent months; remained alone; ripe themselves; sardonic smile; shall answer; short reign; three sides; wert thou