snappy
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"The yarn selection and machine parameter choices allowed us to basically select a fabric that is going to be as snappy as we can possibly get," Mahadevan said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The snappy, rhythmic beats are not what you expect inside this old, listed building.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I sit with a small plate of snappy chorizo and olives, a vermút in hand, and let the ghosts argue around me.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Sometimes her partner was one of the brilliantine-haired neighborhood sheiks who was a snappy dancer and made her watch her steps.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The delivery drivers should wear snappier uniforms, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Could have gone out a little bit snappier but this is why we do these races."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
In a new TV ad, Actor Ed O’Neill was a little snappier but more direct: “Be a man: Vote for a woman.”
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
Enlivened by Fey’s vinegary wit and Green’s acerbic dialogue, this Miss Oliver is a snappier, more sardonic presence, keeping Poirot’s sizable ego in check even as she tries to lure him out of super-sleuth retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Our song was easier and snappier to “Happy Birthday” song we sang at parties and in school.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
The strapline of the Budget will be “fixing the foundations to deliver change” - not exactly the snappiest slogan in history.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Schwartz’s snappiest lines would fit on coffee mugs prized by middle-age moms as tokens of unexplored rebellion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
My suggested theme for 2023, while not the snappiest, is “let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Unsurprisingly, some of the snappiest parts of this book are bits of remembered dialogue.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
“You be quiet,” she said to Jane in her snappiest voice.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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