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Example sentences for: snapping

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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.
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).
When tractors haul the fishing fleet ashore, sunbathers jump from their towels to gape at the catch — 1-meter (3-foot) eels, still flapping; foot-long, spiny lobsters still snapping; and bucketloads of flat and silver fish.
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."
A doctor said photographers had been snapping pictures "a few centimeters from her face."