adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sneaking admiration (= that you secretly feel, but do not show )
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I have always had a sneaking admiration for his music.
a sneaking suspicion (= a small suspicion )
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We have a sneaking suspicion they're trying to put together a deal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He did have a sneaking respect for Yanto however.
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I even have a sneaking affection for the man.
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I had a sneaking feeling he'd do well at Scum, Hughes is the ideal partner for him.
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I have the sneaking suspicion, fuelled by the clothes my parents packed, that they knew anyway.
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It's true - he does have some sneaking faith in poets as being fundamentally decent people.
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She had a sneaking suspicion that she knew why the men had not given up their seats.
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Still, she had a sneaking hope that as she'd reached her lowest ebb, the tide might turn.