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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of snarl.

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  • adjective tangled in knots or snarls

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Examples

  • "You're no man, you ain't," the Virgin snarled, discovering that physical assault was not imminent.

    CHAPTER 20 2010

  • "Made fast?" the Captain snarled back, for the benefit of the watch as it struggled to capture the flying sail before it tore to ribbons.

    MAKE WESTING 2010

  • Officials expected commutes to return to normal Tuesday morning on New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road after a derailed train snarled rail traffic in and out of Penn Station Monday.

    Derailed Train Delays Penn Station Traffic Andrew Grossman 2010

  • HOLMES: You know it's serious when they pull out the word snarled in the weather.

    CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2007 2007

  • "Made fast?" the Captain snarled back, for the benefit of the watch as it struggled to capture the flying sail before it tore to ribbons.

    Make Westing 1911

  • "Made fast?" the Captain snarled back, for the benefit of the watch as it struggled to capture the flying sail before it tore to ribbons.

    Make Westing 1909

  • Discussions over his name snarled the board's progress on amendments late Thursday evening.

    WBBM CBS 2 Chicago Top Videos Videos 2010

  • And thus the Washington Post column on David's congressional testimony, where he is described "hunched" and said to have "barked," "growled" and "snarled" -- language you would use to describe an animal.

    Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team 2008

  • The threads of her recall snarled hopelessly at that point.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • You know, it's bad any time they put "snarled" in there.

    CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2007 2007

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