- present participle of snipe.
sniping
Example Sentences
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England have seeped points, looking vulnerable to sniping runs around the edge of the breakdown and to driven mauls.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
That’s rarely a happy experience for upstarts who build their careers sniping at incumbents from the sidelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The two had been sniping at each other all game, with Doncic at one point taunting Schroder for not signing an $84-million contract with the Lakers in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
Van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in the opening half with Ben White sniping for another.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
For a decade or so, Marsh and Cope’s mutual dislike primarily took the form of quiet sniping, but in 1877 it erupted into grandiose dimensions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
