How to Use snarl in a Sentence

snarl

1 of 2 verb
  • Joe shouts as the snarling lobos close in.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The howling, snarling wolves are at bay.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The snarling sound of a speedboat broke the spell.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Traffic snarled as stop lights lie among piles of debris.
    — George Solis, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The dogs snarled and snapped as Smith begged for help during the eight-minute call.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The protest snarled public transit.
    — Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Those, in turn, exploded on mines, snarling even more of the convoy.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The bear stood on one rock, growling and snarling at the baying hounds below.
    — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Traffic snarled as stoplights lay among piles of debris.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Out slink the striped cats, snarling and roaring, leaping at each other or at me.
    — Alessandro Meregaglia, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Tit-for-tat levies reached triple digits on both sides at one point this year, snarling supply chains.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The same stretch of highway was closed two weeks ago, snarling traffic around the city all weekend.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And that is how many see critics today — snarling gatekeepers in need of a good kick.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Commuters forced to drive to work also faced snarled traffic on some highways.
    — Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Bad weather also snarled traffic and blocked roads in the region.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Bad weather could also snarl travel over the long weekend.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • All three westbound lanes were closed in the wake of the crash, snarling the afternoon commute.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • People have the right to protest, but even righteous causes should not snarl cross-border trade.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Alex is running from his parents, who are also in snarling kill mode.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Traffic became snarled in and around the Church Street entrance to the garage.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, long lines have snarled some of the nation’s biggest transportation hubs.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Cruise vacations can easily fall prey to flight disruptions or storms that can snarl plans.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Viciousness is the attack dog that hasn’t eaten in a week, and is drooling and barking and snarling.
    — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Sweet would tell Williams how his players matched up with the next opponent, and Williams would snarl back.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • That year, a historic snowstorm snarled daily life in the city and surrounding suburbs.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Last summer, a county pipeline project snarled traffic and cut into business.
    — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • As transit walkouts snarled traffic and sanitation strikes caused trash to pile up in the streets, the protests were ridiculed abroad.
    — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There’s going to be about a zillion road closures and snarled traffic on the arteries that remain open.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • An even better description than angel hair pasta is snarled fishing line in a backlash.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2023
  • And the supply chains that were badly snarled during the pandemic have pretty much unwound.
    — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2023

snarl

2 of 2 noun
  • There was a snarl in his voice.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The growls and snarls of his hounds had turned to yelps and shrieks.
    — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
  • His eyes are fixed in an icy stare, his lips curl toward a snarl.
    — Emily Birnbaum, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • There was talk of traffic snarls and strain on the power grid.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Will the Iran war snarl summer travel?
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And then, there were times when his snarl and growl came out, his doggish bite was evident.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • The snarl of the intake filled the cabin as the six ripped toward the redline.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2022
  • You’re punched hard into the seat as the engine snarls like an angry lion.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Downtown traffic is a snarl and parking isn’t easy even on routine days.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Downtown traffic is a snarl and parking isn’t easy even on routine days.
    — Howard Cohen june 24, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • There was no snarl of traffic that kept them, no confusion about the recent change of port.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Traffic snarls in the Brickell area are nothing new.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
  • As the hedgerows become a blur, the snarl of the engine hardens to a blood-and-thunder roar.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.
    — Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Encourage kids to use their masks as part of their costume – such as a scary witch's face or a pirate's snarl.
    — USA Today, 23 Oct. 2021
  • For the blinking and snarl, that was turned to the VFX team to finish.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In his prime, Eminem rapped with a sarcastic snarl about how much success sucked.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Some goods prices softened as supply-chain snarls continued to improve.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • But put it into Sport mode, and the Coyote V-8 snarls and shouts.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But beneath the muscle and the snarl now lies a desire to affect positive change.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Twin gaping snouts are laser-lit and rake backward at the outer edges, evoking a hint of a snarl when viewed at an angle.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
  • With a glare and a snarl and youthful athleticism, the wrong side of history beckons.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • At the same time, a mob of angry white people snarls, yells obscenities, and hurls glass bottles at them.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The Superstition Mountains rise from the desert floor with a snarl.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2021
  • There’s something a notch too complacent in much of his later work, in which talent growls and snarls but has less to oppose.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The supply chain snarls that followed the pandemic have been mostly unsnarled.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As the shot dropped through the net, Johnson leaned back and turned toward his teammates with a swaggering snarl.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • But elsewhere in the county, a tornado touched down just long enough to reveal rotation in a snarl of trees.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2022
  • His biggest challenge will be playing with a harder, physical edge, going from a smile to a snarl.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • And, two, worldwide supply chain snarls also stemming from the pandemic.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026

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