snuck
Americanverb
Usage
See sneak.
Example Sentences
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He snuck into the main draw on ranking after going away and winning Challenger matches out of the limelight - just like Katie Swan did.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, placed a series of lucrative trades in the days and immediate hours before his colleagues in the service snuck into Caracas and took Maduro.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
“This one,” Spoelstra said, “just kind of snuck up on us.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
“I snuck up next to him and whispered, ‘I must be at the right show because Pete Finney’s here,’” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
We crept quietly down the darkened halls, but they were just as empty as any other night that we’d snuck out to practice.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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