snout

Example Sentences

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A sun bear shelters from the rain in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park as a butterfly briefly rests on its snout.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"The skull was wide and heart-shaped, really narrow at the snout but really wide at the back," says Mann.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Many a time I’d wake to feel his snout on my ankle, his breathing measured and loud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Ellena Whitfield, a Westchester-based project manager, worked from Bluff Creek Dog Park in early July as her 1-year-old dachshund Zero scampered around with a chew toy dwarfing his snout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Its snout was long, like that of a rat, its eyes covered in a milky-white film.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega