How to Use snout in a Sentence

snout

noun
  • The dog raised his snout and sniffed.
  • Both have eyes and snouts, tails and paws, four legs and fur.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Many hot weather dogs have longer snouts.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Wolves have a grayish black coat with small ears and a broad snout.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The dead buck was stuck fast, his snout buried firm under the ice shelf.
    — Nick Fasciano, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The dog pokes her snout through, the rest of her body following.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • First, the gator wedges its snout between two of the metal bars.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But its defining feature is its long snout and two rows of sharp teeth.
    — Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The pictures show scars and gashes around the dog's snout.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Bull has black faux fur, vibrant green eyes and a gold nose ring to match its snout and hooves.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Aardvarks are known for their long, pig-like snout that is used to sniff out insects.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
  • Penny pats Harry's snout and jumps at his face at home.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Affix a larger acorn cap with hot glue to create a snout nose.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • And the dog will move its snout to point toward the correct person.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Coral snakes will almost always have a black snout, while kingsnakes will have a red nose and face.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Coyotes also have grayish brown fur, big pointy ears and a long snout.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But each tiny mound of fluff possesses an even tinier yellow snout and ears.
    — Lauren Leatherby, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The shark can extend its jaw all the way down its snout to help catch fish, squids and crustaceans.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • First the goats, then the cows, then the water buffalo with their long black snouts.
    — Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • This net had already cut deep into the whale's snout and was longer than the whale itself.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The dogs curled up and jammed their snouts into their haunches, to defend against the wind.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Your dog will need to use her paws, snout, and mind to wiggle these squeaky, plush chipmunks out of their log.
    — Hannah Harper, Health.com, 14 May 2021
  • Stiles said a good way to ID a coral snake is through the black snout on the front of the face.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Species like Ankylosaurus were covered from snout to tail in armor.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The next day, Robert ate his cereal without a spoon, with his snout in his bowl.
    — Gish Jen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Bonie, a large black dog with tan paws and snout, has a steel rod in his back after his spine was broken in a shelling.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The creature had a long, dolphin-like snout and conical teeth.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The whale shark then poked its head out of the water again, and Sailor touched her nose with the whale shark's snout.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Alas, the beetles who got the short end of the snout seem to truly be the lesser of two weevils.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

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