snug

Example Sentences

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Despite the beacon, only Hanoi’s cà phê cognoscenti seek out this snug shop furnished with four short tables and a small counter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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 • Nov. 21, 2025

Use a flexible tape measure and wrap it around the narrowest part of your neck, keeping the tape snug but not tight.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

Watching it, I felt as snug as being nestled in the backseat of my grandparents’ car at the drive-in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Nevertheless, burrows can be snug and warm, especially when crowded.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams