When I told him, his scoffing could be heard miles away.

Her scoffing turned gradually into a wish, then a hope, that perhaps They had been mistaken.

This perceived change of heart caused considerable scoffing in the popular press.

You will be paid in kind for your scoffing."

But Science had a reply for her blatant scoffing.

But his scoffing covered what was beginning to be a discomforting degree of awe.

There was a lot of amused scoffing, of course, and the case drags on to this day.

There is no scoffing from the magician now.

"And despite the scoffing of your creator, I do love you, Orion."

Their scoffing is justified, but it's also irrelevant.

But she had not scoffed at it; she was too glad of a chance to flee the city to engage in any scoffing.

The scoffing has to stop.

At first the learning was hard and it was made no easier by Hakeswill's constant scoffing.

The big man's handsome face had darkened in response to Dameron's scoffing, but he hadn't added anything.

There was a terrible inevitability about the extinction of that scoffing, anarchic talent; the diary proves it.

He ignored the internal scoffing.

One man said that he had heard inhuman cries from beyond the gate, and maintained this in the face of the scoffing of his comrades.

M'shall's scoffing was echoed by the others.

Certainly Willadene could see there was a mea- i51 sure of truth in his scoffing.

Before there is any scoffing, such an add-on is already being developed by iControlPad.

And, oh, the scoffing and debating that will ensue if you let slip to a friend that your favorite Thai restaurant is better than his.

The Democrats will scoff, of course, but Democratic scoffing is good for Republican fund-raisers because it gets the donors' dander up.

They had been installed, to general scoffing, as a crude method of releasing the occasional erratic build-up of disorganized magic in the building.

For all his scoffing at capitalism, Mr. Hoffman showed a passion for marketing and an eye for turning a profit.

He made a scoffing noise in the back of his throat.

He made a scoffing bark of laughter and I turned to him.

"Much bigger than they thought they'd be," Sean said in a scoffing tone.

She made a scoffing noise and slapped him playfully on the shoulder.

I made a scoffing noise, then yelped when he yanked me closer.

He came nearer to the District Attorney and dropped his scoffing tone.

The muggers shifted uneasily as the scoffing man strode close to them.

Richmann couldn't keep the scoffing tone out of his voice.

A machine with the urge to reproduce l ' Joan could not keep the scoffing note out of her voice.

While knocking the doors he finds a pregnant housewife holding three kids, who tells him, in a scoffing voice, "You're too late."

Thus, in spite of himself, the scoffing man of words becomes the precursor of a new faith.

He made a scoffing noise.

They all burst into dismissive scoffing noises.

Matt caught the scoffing answer on his lips and shoved it into his cheek with his tongue.

That brought a scoffing comment from Varno.

A scoffing sound. '

His scoffing retort had an unconvincing heartiness.

A scoffing voice interrupted.

I made a scoffing bark of laughter, then tensed when he darted across the path of a semi.

"Ronjan's proposal is very simple," summed Farnsworth, in a scoffing tone.

Entertainment Weekly said that Scully "was set up as a scoffing skeptic" in the pilot but progressed toward belief throughout the season.

If it had been someone else I'd have answered with some scoffing thing; but it was Ollie, and he knew people of my blood, and he was from Tennessee.

Chapter TEN The first result of Blade's becoming Queen's Steward was that from a mere scoffing skeptic, Nris-Pol, the former steward, became Blade's open and active enemy.

The truly religious have been content to lapse quietly into the comparative sanity of an unformulated Arianism, they have left it to the scoffing Atheist to mock at the patent absurdities of the official creed.

I believe this was a Disdainful Scoff.

In initially diagnosing an eating disorder, the SCOFF can be used as a screening measure.

Share, Snack & Scoff (for Peperami Nibblers, used on packaging)

Scoffs at Question Yet moments later, speaking in a rasping voice, Mr. Jackson said: "My mission was to make America better.

Triad (Scoff DT016, 3/1982)

Some Scoff at Accusations Others, even some who supported the opposition, scoff at the corruption charges.

The character originated in The Great Santa Claus Switch where it was called Scoff (performed by Jerry Nelson).

Your Halo is Burning/The Going Away Party (Scoff DT 039)

The SCOFF questionnaire utilizes an acronym in a simple five question test devised for use by non-professionals to assess the possible presence of an eating disorder.

The "S" in SCOFF stands for "Sick" which in British English means specifically to vomit.

While "Scoff" is "a parting salvo at [Cobain's parents]", "Negative Creep" was written by Cobain about himself.

Scoffs and Sarcasm For Harriman Film If Pamela Harriman were alive, she might be miffed.

Procession / The Eleventh Hour (Scoff DT 011, IRL 16.10.1981)

Herzog Scoffs Herzog has scoffed at the notion that his speed game had been stopped by Craig's genius at calling pitchouts from the dugout.

Dive into history at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Explore the best of Amsterdam by bike, Scoff waffles in Bruges, Take a boat trip through atmospheric ca.

A Veritable Scoff: Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador (2001) (with Marg Ewtushik)

The original SCOFF questionnaire was devised for use in the United Kingdom, thus the original acronym needs to be adjusted for users in the United States and Canada.

Very Much In Love/Continental Sites (Scoff DT 038, IRL and Trax On Wax 001, DEN)

A number of guest vocalists were featured, including Jimmy Scoff, John Kelly, Freedy Johnston, Bernard Fowler, Jeff Buckley and Deborah Harry, who is now functioning as a full time member of the band.

The questions assess "the core psychopathology of AN and BN in early stages of the disorders," and "The SCOFF has been found to have high sensitivity and specificity for AN and BN."

Kluge and Baumann took it all in in a glance, and without a word 86 Scoff MacMiUan being spoken, led their men along the eastern-most wall of the castle, staying well hidden in the deep shadows as they approached the tower.

LEAD: Having a Good Scoff Having a Good Scoff Every culture needs its grand skeptics, its sublime scoffers, to keep the public from becoming too easily pleased with art and with itself.

Drummond had just about convinced himself that in the poor light of the previous night he had been mistaken in what he thought he saw, when he noticed the dark puddle of congealed blood pooled at Scoff MacMilten the base of the railing.

People who 10 years ago would have scoffed at such a thing.

Once she would have scoffed at such an idea, but no longer.

Who knows if they will even talk about him, he scoffed.

When he was little my son used to scoff at me.

I'm not about to scoff at anything you say to me.

He started trying to say this to her, and she scoffed at him.

Yet you scoff at even a reported 5 percent increase.

I mean, people have learned to scoff at such things.

The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at.

Perhaps he felt he'd lost them information by scoffing at the man.

I scoffed, moving my face to keep him away from it.

I might have scoffed at this except for the look on her face.

But one of the bill's authors scoffed at the report.

To which I scoffed but then as the minutes went by, realized she might have had a point.

And what would he say to those who'd scoff at asking such questions?

As Mark had said, this close to the house it was just not possible to scoff.

But other advocates of the law scoffed at the idea.

Still, a 16.5 percent raise is nothing to scoff at.

But John would always scoff at the idea of being an actor.

Some past and present employees scoff at such plans, however.

Credits are one thing and not to be scoffed at.

The monk scoffed at her and started to turn away.

When she reported to the deputy director he scoffed at her.

A year ago fashionable women would have scoffed, but times change.

But the young men scoffed at such a ridiculous idea.