- present participle of snipe.
sniping
Example Sentences
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That’s rarely a happy experience for upstarts who build their careers sniping at incumbents from the sidelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Brown has taken a less provocative approach to Horner this year, but has not hidden his disdain for Red Bull's sniping about the legality of the McLaren car behind the scenes.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
Van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in the opening half with Ben White sniping for another.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Eventually, their sniping forces the network to bring in an HR representative to babysit Ava and Deborah.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
He and Dad were always sniping like that, though.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
