snail

Example Sentences

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No matter how much I’ve poked fun at my grandfather for driving like a snail my entire life, he continues to drive slowly on streets and freeways.

From Los Angeles Times

Everything slowed to a snail's pace and the backlog exploded.

From BBC

L'Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said it had been robbed of its entire stock of fresh and frozen snails - a "real blow" ahead of the holiday season.

From BBC

Conservationists and citizen scientists have joined forces for a project to save London's "charming little" ice-age hairy snail.

From BBC

In London, meanwhile, scientists are trying to save German hairy snails.

From MarketWatch