snout

Example Sentences

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I wanted to do right by Bingo, a little white Jindo mix with strawberry-blond ears and freckles all over her snout, whose inevitable death was already becoming an intrusive thought.

From The Wall Street Journal

The manatee raised its fat snout out of the water to breathe and sniff at her, and Natalie felt a sudden kinship with it.

From Literature

Many a time I’d wake to feel his snout on my ankle, his breathing measured and loud.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mother turns her snout to glare at the dust-covered pups.

From Literature

Until recently, the length and shape of this distinctive snout were the primary traits used to identify the species.

From Science Daily