Example Sentences

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Don’t discount defensive lineman Voi Tunuufi — who has snared eight sacks in his first two seasons — shifting outside, either.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Since 2010, IceCube, a detector frozen in the ice beneath the South Pole, has snared neutrinos from deep space.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 31, 2021

When a male classmate, incredulous that Lloyd has snared a date with the school’s most coveted girl, asks him, “Who are you?” he responds, “I’m Lloyd Dobler.”

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2020

The big news from the Fortas Chamber Concerts is that the Kennedy Center has snared the brilliant Dover Quartet for a three-year residency that will include performances on the KC Jukebox series and educational components.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

If I am alive and well, I shall not fail you; but if I come not, go to them and demand their protection from the duke, telling them how he has snared you here.

From The Indiscretion of the Duchess by Hope, Anthony