SNARL in a Sentence

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31 example sentences for SNARL, such as:

1. The dog gave a low snarl.
2. The dog was snarling all night.
3. So he got into the shoes snarling.
4. Her mouth was contorted in a snarl.
5. She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past.

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 Meanings and Examples of SNARL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
snarl
 v.  growl viciously while baring the teeth; utter with anger or hostility
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  "She shall not be buried in that," he cried with a fierce snarl, and before an alarm could be raised sprang down the stairs and was gone.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  They were two alien dogs which would have liked to snarl at one another, but which smiled instead, perforce.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white side-whiskers disappear among the throng.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
4  Colonel Moran sprang forward with a snarl of rage, but the constables dragged him back.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
5  Holmes plunged his eager hand into it and drew it out with a bitter snarl of anger and disappointment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
6  The speaker sank into one of the big armchairs, and Admiral Dewey crouched beneath it; he did not snarl again, but he never took his eyes off Jurgis.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  He crouched behind a little tree, with his eyes burning hatefully and his teeth set in a curlike snarl.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
8  "Softly, softly; don't thee snap and snarl, friend," said Phineas, as Tom winced and pushed his hand away.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  With such a snarl at him, that Mr. Chillip absolutely could not bear it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
10  I approached him tenderly, for I loved even him; but he showed his whole set of teeth, got under a chair expressly to snarl, and wouldn't hear of the least familiarity.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
11  As the Count saw us, a horrible sort of snarl passed over his face, showing the eye-teeth long and pointed; but the evil smile as quickly passed into a cold stare of lion-like disdain.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  Then at last a low suppressed snarl came from the Amen corner, and an old bent man arose, walked over the seats, and climbed straight up into the pulpit.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIII
13  So he got into the shoes snarling.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
14  This door was open; a light shone out of the room within: I heard thence a snarling, snatching sound, almost like a dog quarrelling.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
15  She looked like a dead, old woman with her ravaged face and her dark hair snarled and tangled across it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  The dog gave a low snarl.
2  Her mouth was contorted in a snarl.
3  The dog should not snarl at the milkman, who comes every day.
4  As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.
5  All the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals, -- a step creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan.
6  Rochester's visit it seemed spellbound: all the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals,--a step creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan.
7  The dog was snarling all night.
8  She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past.