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- noun Plural form of
snarl . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
snarl .
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Examples
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Volcanic ash again snarls Scottish, Irish air services - USATODAY. com
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Volcanic ash again snarls Scottish, Irish air services
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Now, through the mists of memory, he recalled snarls and the bruising contact of a furry body, during the battle he so, dimly remembered, and that once his foe had cried, out, as though at the impact of rending teeth.
Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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The critics said that rail transit will dramatically slow traffic, creating "snarls" at at-grade crossings.
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They cite cases from Minneapolis because they have no evidence of "snarls" here.
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And, as Al Pacino's demonic character in "The Devil's Advocate" snarls, "Love... it is chemically indistinguishable from consuming large amounts of chocolate."
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For so burly a man, and one with such a chest for the stowage of sea-breezes and monsoons, the skipper was provided with a wonderfully small voice, suggesting, as he lectured upon sea-fishing to the novices who were getting into "snarls" with their tackle hard by where he sat, the circumstance of a tree-toad discoursing from the hollow of a brave old oak.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various
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So faint, barely heard over the whips of the branches and the rustle of the leaves and the eager snarls from behind.
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Today's report finds that 70 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas — such as New York City, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., with some of the most notorious traffic snarls — saw increased congestion last year compared with 2009, and 41 saw congestion that exceeded their 2006 levels.
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Today's report finds that 70 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas — such as New York City, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., with some of the most notorious traffic snarls — saw increased congestion last year compared with 2009, and 41 saw congestion that exceeded their 2006 levels.
strev commented on the word snarls
an angry traffic jam?
June 14, 2009