Example Sentences

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When you drink tea that way, it loses some of its lure, its hospitable snugness.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

I think the warmth value really comes from the snugness around the neck.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018

During a visit on Wednesday, Mueller said that despite the office’s snugness he had grown fond of it - of its drafts, of the mice that move in with the cold weather.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2017

During a visit on Wednesday, Mueller said that despite the office’s snugness he had grown fond of it — of its drafts, of the mice that move in with the cold weather.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2017

Everyone else is dressed in 13’s dark gray military jumpsuits, even Haymitch, although he seems unhappy about the snugness of his collar.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins