snail

Example Sentences

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Diana Ruzova: I know you started off with snail mail and word of mouth to promote the screenings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Inside are nine species of small yellow Polynesian tree snails, including the rarest of the lot, the Garrett's tree snail.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Like the mussels, it requires “crystal-clear, rock-hard, ice-cold water,” said Robert T. Dillon, a former biology professor who runs the Freshwater Gastropods of North America Project, which inventories snail species.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

An Irish reporter asked Trump about the proposed expansion of his golf resort in County Clare, which is currently on hold over the fate of a protected species of snail.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

A sentence Etienne once read aloud returns: Even the heart, which in higher animals, when agitated, pulsates with increased energy, in the snail under similar excitement, throbs with a slower motion.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr