- present participle of snipe.
sniping
Example Sentences
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England have seeped points, looking vulnerable to sniping runs around the edge of the breakdown and to driven mauls.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
And everyone is constantly sniping; the family’s resting state is exasperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in the opening half with Ben White sniping for another.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Leading up to that scene, Ellie strives to establish her own hero identity by training in hand-to-hand combat with men twice her size and sharpening her sniping skills with a long gun.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
For a decade or so, Marsh and Cope’s mutual dislike primarily took the form of quiet sniping, but in 1877 it erupted into grandiose dimensions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
