snap at

Example Sentences

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Dad rolls his eyes, and I wait for Aunt Melissa to snap at him for using her childhood nickname.

From Literature

Tiamat was flying after them, snapping at their tails.

From Literature

“Proximity is power!” he wrote, quoting one of Robbins’s signature mantras, in a caption for the photo snapped at Mar-a-Lago.

From The Wall Street Journal

Given that inflation is hovering at just below 3%, the rising cost of living is snapping at your heels, at all our heels, all the time.

From MarketWatch

When the trap snapped at the end, I shed a well-earned tear.

From Los Angeles Times