snug

Example Sentences

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In a baking pan, cook a snug bed of sliced potatoes in a little water to get a head start on tenderizing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stafford said he would wear a snug, warming layer under his uniform that he first used with the Lions.

From Los Angeles Times

I stood as far back as I could in the snug compartment and grimaced my way through it.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Her dress was ill fitting, snug across the shoulders and loose around the middle.

From Literature