snippet

Example Sentences

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Programmes can be attacked, clipped up into decontextualised snippets and broadcast around the world fast.

From BBC

He returned with a snippet of film documenting one of the most notorious cryptid sightings in history—a fleeting, jittery glimpse of a hairy figure crossing a riverbank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those snippets tell a story within the story.

From The Wall Street Journal

One snippet seems to be an episode on Elisa Lam, the real-life tourist found dead in the rooftop water tank of Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times

We have to give our presentations soon, and she wants us each to share a snippet of our findings with the class in preparation for ‘the real thing’ in a couple of weeks.

From Literature