- present participle of snipe.
sniping
Example Sentences
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And everyone is constantly sniping; the family’s resting state is exasperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Megyn Kelly publicly mocked fellow conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, adding to a pattern of influencer-on-influencer sniping that played out both onstage and online.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in the opening half with Ben White sniping for another.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Not even the digital countdown could generate the sizzling, clanking, sniping roar of chronic, organic anxiety that fueled the first two seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
All the sniping between Vonetta and Fern over Miss Patty Cake was now aimed at their new enemies: the real food that we would eat until we returned to Brooklyn, and me.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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