snug

Example Sentences

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Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Poortvliet’s playful pictures of gnomes rubbing noses, helping injured animals and building snug underground cabins painted them as endearing, warmhearted characters full of good intentions.

From Washington Post

"It leaves us snug as a country as far as hog supply verses capacity this fall."

From Reuters

We haven’t seen it in action, but apparently you simply step into the shoe and it snaps back into place while an elastic cord goes over the foot for a snug fit.

From The Verge

In her hands, the story’s sturdy heart is a female mouse who dares to make a snug home for herself alone.

From New York Times