How to Use snarl in a Sentence

snarl

1 of 2 verb
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  • When the boxcar doors opened, the Jews were greeted with snarling dogs and pointed guns.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Those, in turn, exploded on mines, snarling even more of the convoy.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And that is how many see critics today — snarling gatekeepers in need of a good kick.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • People have the right to protest, but even righteous causes should not snarl cross-border trade.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Viciousness is the attack dog that hasn’t eaten in a week, and is drooling and barking and snarling.
    — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 30 Jan. 2024
  • South and 1300 East will snarl traffic and detract from a popular park.
    — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • As transit walkouts snarled traffic and sanitation strikes caused trash to pile up in the streets, the protests were ridiculed abroad.
    — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Last year, when Modi, flanked by Hindu priests, unveiled the new sculpture, viewers were shocked: the lions were snarling.
    — Daniel Brook, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That year, a historic snowstorm snarled daily life in the city and surrounding suburbs.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Around New York City, the storm’s resurgence threatened to snarl Wednesday morning’s commute.
    — Michael Gold, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In the past two weeks, storms have blasted much of the U.S. with rain, snow, wind and frigid temperatures, snarling traffic and air travel and causing at least 45 deaths.
    — Claire Rush, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The cost of renting oil tankers has almost doubled this month, fueled in part by concern that the Israel-Hamas war could snarl shipping through the Suez Canal.
    — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The deal also likely averts a strike that threatened to snarl deliveries across the country.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • Behind them, a miles-long traffic jam snarled the morning commute through downtown, south of the interchange with the 101 Freeway.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There’s going to be about a zillion road closures and snarled traffic on the arteries that remain open.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • When flights get really snarled due to weather, even putting the smallest amount of distance between you and the storm is an improvement.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2023
  • And the supply chains that were badly snarled during the pandemic have pretty much unwound.
    — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2023
  • On that day, three minutes into the meeting the local lawnmowers will snarl, grunt and wail in unison right through your three-hour meeting. Write to me.
    — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Smoke billowed from the structure for hours, and the temporary closure of Interstate 405 snarled traffic in and around downtown.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2023
  • Your spirit living, breathing and snarling deep within the beats, bass and heart of the band, unfadeable and undeniable.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Outside, pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a cease-fire snarled traffic ahead of the event.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And because much of those building materials will need to be shipped in, supply chains could get snarled and bottlenecks could form.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Cruise vacations can easily fall prey to flight disruptions or storms that can snarl plans.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
  • And at least Miles Morales offers a new lens to witness Parker’s descent into snarling, try-hard mannerisms.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The former prime minister has snarled defiance for months.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The brothers are up on a scissor lift using paintbrushes to put a thick white outline around the leftmost of two crouching panthers that snarl over a set of bleachers.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the past, volcanic eruptions have only snarled flights when lava hits glaciers, creating an ash cloud, according to CNN.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
  • However, blocks of Auckland’s downtown were closed for hours after the shooting, snarling traffic.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Earlier that month, a strict covid lockdown triggered a mass exodus from the site, snarling iPhone production.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 30 May 2023
  • The streets of Port-au-Prince normally bustle in the mornings with markets, students, street vendors, snarled traffic, and people on their way to work or out looking for day jobs.
    — Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
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snarl

2 of 2 noun
  • For the blinking and snarl, that was turned to the VFX team to finish.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The snarl of the intake filled the cabin as the six ripped toward the redline.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But put it into Sport mode, and the Coyote V-8 snarls and shouts.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2023
  • As the hedgerows become a blur, the snarl of the engine hardens to a blood-and-thunder roar.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • His eyes are fixed in an icy stare, his lips curl toward a snarl.
    — Emily Birnbaum, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That disrespect was greeted by the Cougars with a snarl.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • The Superstition Mountains rise from the desert floor with a snarl.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2021
  • You’re punched hard into the seat as the engine snarls like an angry lion.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • And then, there were times when his snarl and growl came out, his doggish bite was evident.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • As the shot dropped through the net, Johnson leaned back and turned toward his teammates with a swaggering snarl.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Encourage kids to use their masks as part of their costume – such as a scary witch's face or a pirate's snarl.
    — USA Today, 23 Oct. 2021
  • But beneath the muscle and the snarl now lies a desire to affect positive change.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Twin gaping snouts are laser-lit and rake backward at the outer edges, evoking a hint of a snarl when viewed at an angle.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In his prime, Eminem rapped with a sarcastic snarl about how much success sucked.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The snarls evoke a crisis that began in October 2020 with a backup of five vessels.
    — Laura Curtis, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
  • Hathaway, a Kennebunkport, Maine, and Brown product, adds some size and snarl to the bottom six forwards.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, a mob of angry white people snarls, yells obscenities, and hurls glass bottles at them.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But elsewhere in the county, a tornado touched down just long enough to reveal rotation in a snarl of trees.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2022
  • There’s something a notch too complacent in much of his later work, in which talent growls and snarls but has less to oppose.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Without the snarl, the songs wouldn’t be a pleasure to listen to — even if pleasure isn’t necessarily quite the right word.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • As the name suggests, Verb’s Detangling Brush is ideal for working through even the toughest snarls.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Experts are working to disentangle the snarl now for fear that things could get worse if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 11 May 2022
  • The supply chain snarls that followed the pandemic have been mostly unsnarled.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Sen yai is a stellar way to start a meal at Kin Sen: A slippery snarl of flat rice noodles, sauced with dark soy and capped with a golden tumble of ground pork and tofu.
    — Stuart Melling, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And many people who were out and about but anxious to get home before the roads got really bad contributed to bumper-to-bumper traffic snarls.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Alongside its feline screech and its avian snarl, the griffin resonated in ancient and medieval minds as a symbol of strength.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • His biggest challenge will be playing with a harder, physical edge, going from a smile to a snarl.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • After acquiring so many middle infielders through the draft, trades and free agent signings, some day a snarl of talent would have to take place at the entrance to the big leagues.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The snarl of trunks sprouting low to the ground creates a series of great riblike scratching posts, each wrapped in sufficiently coarse bark.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Adding to the existing pressures faced by wine producers are the supply chain snarls and higher production costs as a result of the Ukraine war.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023

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