snap at
Example Sentences
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Europe has witnessed strong withdrawals from storage facilities after a cold snap at the start of the year, with inventory levels now standing well below the five-year average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
One former Treasury minister, Lord Bridges, told the Lords: "This is not a fiscal buffer; it is a fiscal wafer, so thin and fragile that it will snap at the slightest tap."
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
And that kind of niceness—the wide smiles, the generosity—it can hide deeper resentments that go back generations, that will snap at you like a stick to keep you in line.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
Stick, however, fumbled a snap at the Rams’ one-yard line, stifling the Chargers’ best chance at a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024
Did she snap at him because she was worried I would tell someone what I saw?
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
