Example Sentences

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"Haven't we all done this without a recipe?" one commenter snippily asked.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023

Not every critic is in agreement however, with one reviewer suggesting the show now had "constricted ambitions" and felt "snippily familiar".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

Except, she snippily responded, “No, we booked the hotel room; you got what you wanted.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2017

Except, she snippily responded, “No, we booked the hotel room, you got what you wanted.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2017

"You look like a dream, you—" "Yes, —a nightmare," said Carol snippily.

From Prudence Says So by Hueston, Ethel