June Whitfield

I've never had a particularly sweet tooth. In fact, during the war, I used to swap my sweet ration coupons with my father - and he'd give me his clothing coupons in return. Looking good was more important to me than scoffing sweets.

English Actress

Nate Ruess

If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.

American Musician

Thomas Hooker

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?

American Celebrity

Peter Andre

I train for about an hour five days a week and feel I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I can eat what I want and that includes scoffing half a big bar of Cadbury's a day.

English Musician

Anthony Joshua

For me to have a cheeky little biscuit, it's not going to hurt. But I need to control those indulgences. I can't just be scoffing cakes and biscuits five nights a week.

British Athlete

Naseeruddin Shah

I don't scoff at the desire to make good movies. I scoff at the quality at poseurs masquerading as masters of the medium.

Indian Actor

Janine di Giovanni

It's always disappointing to come across phony do-gooders. And it's easy to scoff at celebrities working in war zones.

American Journalist

R. L. Stine

I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.

American Writer

Jim Cornette

Wrestling has gotten so show-biz, it's to the point where people scoff at it.

American Author

Jackie Shroff

My father said that I will be an actor, but I scoffed at him.

Using 'scoff' can show disapproval or scorn towards someone's ideas or actions.

Negative Tone

'Scoff' implies thinking someone or something is inferior or not worthy of serious consideration.

Subtle Belittling

'Scoff' is more common in spoken English and can sound too casual in formal writing.

Conversational

'Scoff' refers to eating in a very informal and sometimes impolite manner by being fast and eager.

Informal Eating

To 'scoff' food suggests great hunger or a casual attitude toward eating.

Hunger Implication

'Scoff' in the context of eating is predominantly used in informal, everyday conversation.

Colloquial Usage

 the soon-to-be 26-year-old Albert Einstein faced life as a failed academic. Most physicists of the time would have scoffed at the idea that this minor civil servant could have much to contribute to science. Yet within the following year, Einstein would publish not one, not two, not three,

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 which may have contributed to their fearlessness in battle. Some of them fought naked, scoffing at their enemies’ armor. The greatest trophy a Celtic warrior could possess was the severed head of a foe. They preserved these heads in jars of cedar oil

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 said anything because obviously I scoffed at myself once it was light again who knows I've also had very I've done a few sleep baths and I think it's more an instinct of wild animals than it is anything else slipped out in the bush we obviously

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 instead of just scoffing at this heresy that kid when to get published or saying wait until you're older my parents were really supportive many publishers were not quite so encouraging one large children's publisher ironically saying

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 and I wanted to get published. Instead of just scoffing at this heresy that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my parents were really supportive. Many publishers were not quite so encouraging.

 you know I have a weakness for them but I discovered lots of women and male scholars who help nurture my feminism and more changes this time about headscarves and hymens because I removed my head scoffs it no

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 you said, "2020, I think we will do half a million a year." Yeah, we did almost exactly a half million. You did almost exactly half a million. You were scoffed in 2014 because no one since Henry Ford,

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 the first of its kind in the world, had the city in an uproar. Digging a hole under the city and putting a railroad in it seemed the stuff of dreams. Pub drinkers scoffed at the idea

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