Example Sentences

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That had been remedied by snugging up a few bolts, according to Wilson.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2017

Minutes later, it was snugging a Port Orchard Marina float.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2014

Taking care to avoid spooking the financial markets, Volcker conjured a warm-sounding euphemism for the Fed's action, which he described as "snugging."

From Time Magazine Archive

I started the stitch three times and then pushed the needle through the hide and slowly pulled, snugging up the beads almost like Sela had.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Flying the house-flags of private owners, the East Indiamen and China tea ships were still built and manned like frigates, slow, comfortable, snugging down for the night under reduced sail.

From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Paine, Ralph Delahaye