snarly

Example Sentences

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Her understated androgyny was paired with a shout-singing vocal style that had a snarly, monotone curl laced with abandon and disregard for convention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

She was a bit snarly at first, he added.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

She played a tough judge who liked to bring her snarly pet dog to the courtroom.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2020

On TV, the snarly, petulant Paul, with his sprig of retro forehead curls, looked like a mummified Dorian Gray dressed by Sears Roebuck, circa 1959.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2016

“Oh, that’s right,” Katherine said, almost in the same snarly cat-fight voice she used when she was mad at her friends.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix