How to Use snot in a Sentence

snot

noun
  • Hitting the snot out of the ball.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Billy Bob said his father knocked the snot out of him routinely.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Sea snot has invaded the Aegean and killed off dozens of species in the Marmara.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Yes, the Niners got the absolute snot kicked out of them Saturday.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Thompson’s Hedda is a clever, status-conscious snot raised to believe that her sole purpose is to be a rich man’s wife.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.
    — River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
  • When the book got big on TikTok in 2020, that was one of the types of videos that people made over and over — snot coming out of their noses, mascara running down their faces, heaving sobs.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Dolphins got the snot kicked out of them in the second half — AGAIN — because that’s what this 2025 team does, no matter who is under center since Miami’s been outscored 113-27 in the third quarter.
    — Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025

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