snaggy

Example Sentences

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It was carried through the dense, snaggy brush of the forest until the woods intersected a trail.

From New York Times • May 21, 2012

A troupe of actors in snaggy bear costumes and moose outfits frolics through a wilderness of papier-mache rocks and trees painted on screens, while a chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the black horse had taken to the parked uplands, the dragging rope had tangled in a snaggy tree-root, and he was tracing weary circles in bootless effort to be free.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

His snaggy stick lay at a little distance, a black line on the snow, and the sight of that made Dan's heart stumble.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

But there were yet two-hundred good miles of snaggy river to paddle before they could enjoy the luxury of a bed at every stage.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul