snap at
Example Sentences
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Europe has witnessed strong withdrawals from storage facilities after a cold snap at the start of the year, with inventory levels now standing well below the five-year average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
One former Treasury minister, Lord Bridges, told the Lords: "This is not a fiscal buffer; it is a fiscal wafer, so thin and fragile that it will snap at the slightest tap."
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
And that kind of niceness—the wide smiles, the generosity—it can hide deeper resentments that go back generations, that will snap at you like a stick to keep you in line.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
“Just to see him grow in front of my eyes…I think there was a snap at a certain moment where we were able to connect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2024
But Molly can’t snap at Vivian, who has, after all, given her a get-out-of-jail-free card.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
