snaggy

Example Sentences

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It was carried through the dense, snaggy brush of the forest until the woods intersected a trail.

From New York Times • May 21, 2012

A troupe of actors in snaggy bear costumes and moose outfits frolics through a wilderness of papier-mache rocks and trees painted on screens, while a chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarce is she cleared, when the same hardy sons of toil build another mountainous pile on board; the bell rings, passengers run, and she is facing the current and the dangers of the snaggy Mississippi.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.

He got my finger, through the glove, with his snaggy, chalk-hued mandibles, while he made a thin hissing noise.

From Stamped Caution by Gallun, Raymond Z.

“Oh, don’t be so snaggy, Smithums,” I said banteringly; “wait till his poor old wing’s all right again, and he shall go a shooting too.”

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.