How to Use snood in a Sentence

snood

noun
  • Lou also sports a snood in winter to keep her ears warm and out of the snow.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • And this wasn’t some snood-for-brains 2-year-old either, but a mature 25-pound gobbler.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
  • At its state-of-the-art facility in Kampala, workers in clean room suits and headgear known as snoods sift and mix precise ingredients.
    — Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Until this week, Nate Favini, MD, religiously wore a neck snood on his daily runs.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Reviewers say the snood is comfortable, functional, and absolutely adorable on their little pups.
    — Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Her other winter accessories include a deep red cashmere snood scarf from the Scottish cashmere brand Brora.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Wild turkey toms never pretend to be anything but bullies, but when the cockiest male gobbles and struts in spring, flaunting his swollen snood and flashy, colorful face and neck, females flock to him like teenagers chasing a pop star.
    — Laura Erickson, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2020
  • First cousin to the snood, dickeys similarly eliminate the need for wearing bulky scarves or turtlenecks by shielding your neck from bitter winds, while also serving as a mini sweater vest that looks on-point during Zoom meetings.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2022

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