Example Sentences

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I missed in those early days a consequence that has snuck up on me in mid-life: how much I really hate making less money than my friends.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

As recording-breaking wildfires continue to rage across the West, firefighters are confronting a new challenge that has snuck in under cover of darkness: rising nighttime temperatures.

From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2020

As of late, the inescapable coronavirus has snuck its way into the mix, including for those not previously identified as “having anxiety.”

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2020

The still-bad Nebula from the past has snuck in to the present and brought the Mad Titan and his evil hordes to Avengers HQ.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2019

I realize that a smile has snuck onto my face and wrestle it off.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish