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

Ah, just you be bad as I have been, Saul, my lad, and perhaps you’ll be snaggy and sneery.

From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville

Approaching the spot I found a small iron grating in the sidewalk, and between the bars two little boot heels, riven from their kindred soles, and unsightly with snaggy nails.

From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose

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