snare
noun
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
snared
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past participleof snare.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof snare.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
snarenouna device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
Example Sentences
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Kelce is not the first sports star to be snared in an investment scheme.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Even those with lives, careers and families are fundamentally lost, snared between their pursuit of personal justice and instinctual self-preservation.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
The left-armer snared three wickets in a dramatic over to flip the game on its head as the hosts were skittled for 116 with three balls to spare.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Marnus Labuschagne received a full delivery from Tongue angled into the stumps and edged to slip, before the same bowler snared Steve Smith with one which nipped to bowl him through the gate.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Once we snared Anansi and convinced him to close up the tear in the sky, the gods and heroes could work together to defeat the iron monsters once and for all.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
