Example sentences for: snit

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

  • The Oscars begat the Emmys, which begat the Cable Ace Awards, of which there are so many that any cable TV employee who actually attends the ceremony is entitled to leave in a snit if he or she doesn't win one.

  • The New York Times plays Monica's imminent testimony below the fold (as does the Los Angeles Times ), leading instead with the Iraqis' umpteenth snit over U.N. weapons inspections, which is the LAT 's top national story, and which also gets top front placement at USAT . (But doesn't make the Post front.)

  • The most bizarre celebrity snit might be that of Jesse star Christina Applegate, who the Enquirer says is feuding with her show's producers because she refuses to conceal the "unsightly" bags under her eyes, claiming they give her working-class character authenticity.

  • Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.

  • His grandfather saw it, of course, on the L . (Chicagoans, I have learned, tend to get into a snit about New York imports such as “El.”


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