How to Use snap out of in a Sentence

snap out of

phrasal verb
  • On the flip side, this might be the day Cleveland slugger Jose Ramirez snaps out of his funk.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Your sense of like, thinking about the future, like your ability to snap out of it goes away.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Hauser had some shooting lulls but did a good job snapping out of them.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Players usually snap out of it, the way Bard had years before.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Arizona must snap out of it quickly, though, going to Atlanta and Cincinnati this week.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
  • And once on scene, paramedics and EMTs have to snap out of a high-octane mindset to provide calm, thoughtful medical care.
    Marion Renault, STAT, 7 July 2023
  • As the slump deepened during a calamitous six-game road trip, there was hope that a return home to the intersection of Montcalm and Brush would help the Tigers snap out of their stupor.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • Starting Friday, the fast food chain is dishing out several deals for three weeks to help fans snap out of any funk while Mercury is in retrograde.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • There’s something really haunting about the joy of that song juxtaposed with Margaret snapping out of the moment.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Be prepared to take a sharp inhale at the end of the episode when Betina finally starts to snap out of her Macchiarini fog and actually does some research worth a damn.
    Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But the Warriors came to Chicago in a spiritual slump with every type of experimentation on the table to snap out of it.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Suddenly the man snapped out of his catatonia and thrashed violently.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some fixtures can be snapped out of the wall and combined into free-standing store displays; others have lips for vinyl records, hooks for tote bags and rods for sheets of wrapping paper that would be at home at an Anthropologie store.
    Maureen O’Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • As her evil spirit mom tries to goad her into throwing Riley into oncoming traffic, Mia finally snaps out of it and instead launches herself in front of a speeding car.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 28 July 2023
  • The Texas Rangers were one out away from snapping out of their season-long losing streak, but instead, endured a heartbreaking defeat in extra innings, leaving Bochy disgusted with himself.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Messenger Mercury is snapping out of retrograde motion and turning direct in your 9th House of Higher Learning, deepening your engagement with ideas and belief systems from all over the world.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • And fans on social media eagerly anticipated the breakup, and the moment Miranda would finally snap out of her midlife crisis, stop letting Che walk all over her and get back to being the only sane person on this entire show.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The standout speech, which ultimately inspires the rest of the Barbies in Barbie Land to snap out of Ken's patriarchal brainwashing, also plucked the heartstrings of another demographic — mothers.
    Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024

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