snail

Example Sentences

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John Wyatt: The reason we had a snail mail list is because a lot of people at that time didn’t have an email.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“I really think that snail could likely be there,” Dillon said.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

It involved the snail darter, a tiny, then-endangered fish whose habitat would have been harmed by the proposed Tellico Dam in Tennessee.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

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 • Mar. 1, 2026

Just ahead of him, below a bush, a thrush was banging a snail down on to a flat stone to smash the shell.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill