snail

Example Sentences

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“I’ll put me feet on one wall at night and me head on the other without having to curl over like a snail in the house with three brothers.”

From Literature

Part of what’s appealing about snail mail, she said, is remembering that “it’s really nice to devote your entire attention to something.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I turned up leaves and dug a bit in the dirt, but I didn’t find so much as a snail.

From Literature

"If there were two snails going up a wall, he'd be betting on his one going up first," his grandmother Muriel told Ski Sunday.

From BBC

I’m not confident in her ability to sing French songs about snails.

From Literature