snail

Example Sentences

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Part of what’s appealing about snail mail, she said, is remembering that “it’s really nice to devote your entire attention to something.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Last year also happened to be the year I became a full-on snail mail obsessive.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026

No matter how much I’ve poked fun at my grandfather for driving like a snail my entire life, he continues to drive slowly on streets and freeways.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Conservationists and citizen scientists have joined forces for a project to save London's "charming little" ice-age hairy snail.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first loose tooth.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat