Example Sentences

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Some tales put her in Europe, others in a car headed for Colombia, and another that she had sneaked out of the country aboard a U.S. flight that had dropped off deportees from Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The Eastside’s Artful Dodger had sneaked off into the night.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024

Galena, her 6-year-old American shorthair, had sneaked inside a 3-by-3-foot cardboard Amazon returns package alongside five pairs of steel-toed boots.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

On Tuesday, the state's security committee said it had caught several "rebellious" sleeper cells that it said had sneaked in from outside and warned that they were planning activities.

From Reuters • May 30, 2023

Then, as if some thief had sneaked up behind me and robbed me of everything I had always believed to be right and holy, I felt a terrible thing.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam