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Example sentences for: snail

How can you use “snail” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Schneck (snail, slow worker) sounds like an insult; Zoccadelli (nickname for a stumpy, slow worker) does not.
The "traditional" section--what most people mean by Chinese art, and by far the most rewarding of the two parts--is housed in Frank Lloyd Wright's uptown snail, while post-1850 paintings and prints are crammed into the museum's SoHo branch.
Because snail mail is not always reliable, many people with social graces have substituted the fax, ensuring both timeliness and actual arrival.
Near the end of the voyage, the village of Xinping comes into view on the left bank, surrounded by magical scenery — landmarks with names like Snail Hill, Five Fingers Hill, and Carp Hill.
Recently, Sixma and colleagues have determined the first high-resolution structure of a soluble acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP), extracted from snail neurons, and homologous to the ligand binding domain of nAChR [ 6 ] . Based on this high-resolution crystal structure, we have built an atomic model of the agonist binding site of nAChR, and docked acetylcholine and nicotine to different receptor isotypes.