SCOFF in a Sentence

Learn SCOFF from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for SCOFF, such as:

1. I scoff at your perfections, excellencies, and qualities.
2. He used to scoff at dentists after he had his first toothache.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCOFF
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scoff
 v.  mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
Classic Sentence:
1  I scoff at your perfections, excellencies, and qualities.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
Example Sentence:
1  He used to scoff at dentists after he had his first toothache.