Example Sentences

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Manly Mando thwacks and snicks his way through all opponents while scarcely breaking a sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

They're fluffy and cakey without being too fluffy or too cakey like some snicks.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022

I love the way a makeup compact snicks shut or how a luxury car door closes with a kind of airlock seal or — yes — how a classic Razr flips open.

From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2020

The sixth ball snicks off his edge through third slip, and Cook whips his head around in panic to see if he has been spared.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010

The three girls looked fearfully at Philippa, and Philippa studied her pattern with an air of elaborate carelessness, making dainty snicks at the silk with the cutting-out scissors.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.