How to Use snail mail in a Sentence
snail mail
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In an age of email, texts, and tweets, a snail mail valentine can be quite a treat.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2022
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Watch the snail mail for the letters telling you you've been compromised, too.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017
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In an age where e-vites have become the norm, the couple went the old-fashioned route: snail mail.
—Carole Radziwill, Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2022
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Letting emails and snail mail pile up in your inboxes is the kiss of death.
—Peter Jones, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
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The site will begin selling the files via snail mail instead.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2018
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Toomey’s offices had been overwhelmed with calls, emails, and snail mail, too.
—Jim Newell, Slate Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
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One of the weekend tasks for our children is to write letters to three of their friends and send them via snail mail.
—Kyung Lah, CNN, 22 Mar. 2021
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Part of the reason is some votes were submitted by snail mail.
—Chris Stanford, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
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The best analogy is the transition from email to snail mail.
—Polina Marinova, Fortune, 18 May 2018
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The snails traveled by snail mail and train to the lab at the University of Nottingham.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 June 2020
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Sending holiday cheer via snail mail on your list of to-dos?
—Talia Abbas, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2020
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This year, give her the gift of snail mail supplies by giving her greeting cards or stationery.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2020
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Have kids write letters or create art and send them to friends and family via snail mail.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
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Respondents will be able to fill the form out online—a first!—by phone, snail mail, or, in some cases, in person.
—Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, 23 Jan. 2020
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Email will soon be a relic of the past, sometimes used, but regarded like snail mail as a lesser method.
—John Kim, Forbes, 19 July 2022
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Ignition keys are to cars what snail mail is to email: so last century.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023
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There's nothing that feels more special than receiving a piece of snail mail.
—Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2020
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Clearly, there are many ways to connect, among them real life visits, emails, video chats, phone calls, texts and snail mail.
—Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
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For snail mail submissions, think about getting your letter into the U.S. mail up to a week in advance of Oct. 8.
—Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
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These days, snazzy emails and online portals may have replaced some of the snail mail, but the singular feeling of joy remains the same.
—Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2018
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Zodiac Killer tips roll in like the tide, month after month, in emails, phone calls, texts, books, Twitter messages, snail mail.
—Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
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The gift of attention – by phone, email or snail mail – is always possible.
—Claudia Finkelstein, The Conversation, 7 May 2020
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This year, celebrate Lunar New Year at home by ordering stamps and sending snail mail to your friends and loved ones.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2022
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Reservations can be made in writing (email, snail mail or online request form) or by phone.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2022
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Sending a letter via snail mail and running out to the mailbox every day to see if there was an envelope addressed to me was kind of a thrill.
—John Blumenthal, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
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Four years after beginning their first collection, the duo continues to use snail mail to help bring their art to life.
—Teen Vogue, 10 Sep. 2019
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Simple things like baking an apple pie, sending a birthday card the old fashioned way; snail mail.
—courant.com, 12 July 2018
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There's something extra-sweet about sending your sweetheart some snail mail.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
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Rogers prefers to stay connected via snail mail instead of social media.
—Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
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If writing a note slips your mind while on vacation, the appreciation for email or snail mail is just as strong.
—Erinne Magee, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020
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