How to Use snooze button in a Sentence

snooze button

noun
Definition of snooze buttonnext
  • Then the Cowboys hit the snooze button on both sides of the ball.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • But she has been known to hit the snooze button once or twice.
    — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2018
  • In the early part of this uneven season, the Flyers were the team that hit the snooze button a few too many times.
    — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The United States and Europe have stopped hitting the snooze button.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of when the world woke from its latest hit of the snooze button.
    — Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
  • The 49ers’ defense is strong enough to carry the team to victory even when the offense hits the snooze button.
    — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2022
  • At the start of the book, gaming titan Dodge Forthrast is punching the snooze button for nine more minutes of sleep.
    — Jim Kiest, ExpressNews.com, 5 June 2019
  • The app only allows users to snooze posts for up to a month, but the Post noted that users can hit that snooze button again.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022
  • Plus, its metal frame is durable enough to take any amount of pounding on your alarm clock’s snooze button.
    — CNN Underscored, 10 July 2020
  • Then the covid-19 crisis hit and propelled the recall effort to oust him from office — and the wake-up call was met with a slap of the snooze button.
    — Angela Hart and Samantha Young, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The 37-year old doesn’t even have the luxury of hitting the snooze button for a few extra minutes.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Ditch the snooze button and start your day with this gentle yoga alarm clock from Yoga Wake Up.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Blazers don’t have the luxury of hitting the snooze button, either.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Hit that snooze button, and your brain falls right back into a new dream cycle, experts say.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 July 2022
  • Watch this 2-minute video to learn why hitting the snooze button for a few extra minutes of sleep causes more harm than good.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • For the days when the coffee won’t seem to kick in and your alarm clocks snooze button has taken too many hits, here’s a list of songs that will ease you into the dawn of a new day.
    — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Because no one ever got abs by hitting the snooze button.
    — Emily Abbate, GQ, 19 Feb. 2018
  • An offense still hitting the snooze button more often than not.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • Many used an alarm, even if just as a backup to hedge against oversleeping, but the idea of hitting the snooze button first thing was a complete no-no to them.
    — refinery29.com, 15 May 2018
  • What that means is picking the right time to actually get up and go versus hitting the snooze button over and over again.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Translation: When the alarm sounds Sunday signaling the start of free agency, Spurs fans might as well roll over and hit the snooze button.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 29 June 2019
  • This is equivalent to hitting the snooze button every five to 10 minutes for a total of three or four times.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2023
  • His analysis of perhaps the greatest health threat posed by climate change is a wake-up call with no snooze button.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Cut out screen time at least 30 minutes before bed, and quit with the snooze button, which just interrupts the flow of natural...
    — Wsj Noted., WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Part of what Hosmer can bring to the Padres, on days when the bat decides to pound on the snooze button, is reading a play like that and racing to within 90 feet of a victory.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And fans of the reigning champions shouldn't hit the snooze button between Thursday and the start of the postseason in October.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Five years later, legislatures and school boards from San Diego to Cincinnati are opting, by and large, to hit the snooze button — and reap the rewards.
    — Zach Schermele, Teen Vogue, 9 May 2019
  • If that sounds too difficult, simply give up the snooze button instead.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This clock is also great for those who have trouble waking up, since the alarm is pretty loud and there is no snooze button, though this may be a downside to some.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Overall, people who hit the snooze button were more likely to sleep for shorter periods of time on weekdays.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 25 Oct. 2023

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