snail

Example Sentences

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I turned up leaves and dug a bit in the dirt, but I didn’t find so much as a snail.

From Literature

"If there were two snails going up a wall, he'd be betting on his one going up first," his grandmother Muriel told Ski Sunday.

From BBC

I’m not confident in her ability to sing French songs about snails.

From Literature

They moved along at a snail's pace, the mud dragging at their boots.

From Literature

There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.

From Los Angeles Times