Example sentences for: snapping

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

  • He carries his tension in his shoulders, so that even when he's sweet he suggests a man on the verge of snapping.

  • But ropes are a major cause of death and injury in boxing: Fighters hyperextend their necks when they are punched against the ropes, because nothing stops their heads from snapping back.

  • Volpes ( volpe fox) were cunning, Orsinos ( orso bear) lumbering, Manzos ( manzo bullock) taciturn, Botolinos ( botolo snapping cur) irascible, Cagnas ( cagna bitch) surly, and Buffas ( buffa Sicilian dialect for toad) detestable.

  • There are also different varieties of flamenco dance (the tango, fandango, farruca, and zambra) performed to the staccato rhythms and counter-rhythms of the castanets, hand clapping (palmadas), and finger snapping (pitos), as well as furious heel-drumming (zapateado).

  • The European Parliament must now try "to become more than a terrier snapping at the heels of policymakers: it can become a guard dog with a respected bark."


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