How to Use snippet in a Sentence

snippet

noun
  • Bjork explains more about the cause and shares a brief snippet of the song here.
    Spin Staff, Spin, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In the snippet, Pusha is seen rapping as Ye grooves to the beat in the background.
    Darlene Aderoju, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Friends can then tap into the song to listen to the snippet.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Watch a brief snippet at around :45 in the video above, or watch the full scene on the South Park website.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The snippets were blunt to the point of absurdity, but this was the idea.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Ahead of the show, the pair shared the a snippet of the record, which doesn’t yet have a release date, on Instagram.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • But the response to the snippet of Leshchenko was instant and hostile.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, a snippet of the song is playing in the background.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The singer also shared a snippet of the track on Instagram.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Swift first posted a snippet of her song in March, along with the film’s trailer.
    Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc, 24 June 2022
  • What creators give you is a tiny snippet of their lives, not the whole novel.
    Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • When a virus infects a cell, the HLA protein will take a snippet of the virus and hold it up on the cell’s surface.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • The song had been teased for weeks, with Cash uploading a snippet of a beat sampling the Laila!
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • This is a snippet of Oil and Darkness, a horror movie set on an oil rig.
    Amit Katwala, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
  • One of the soldiers is then seen in a short snippet of video being kicked on the ground by the militants.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The ad never shows the final letter in full, just pans over snippets of it.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
  • Fallon played a snippet of the song on the Tonight Show but saved the live debut for Kimmel’s late night show.
    Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Or at least some snippets for those of us who read the article to listen to.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • There are script snippets sprinkled throughout the book! Q: What are your main themes in this book and why?
    Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • This can be seen in the snippets below showing the before and after for ns_aaa_oauth_send_openid_config.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Prior to the full track’s release, the singer shared a snippet of the song alongside a video of her lip-syncing along.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Throughout the week, Malone has been sharing snippets of the song.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
  • The video ends with a snippet of Chopra and Malti holding hands while walking in a wooded area.
    Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The 15-second snippet would carry me — giddy — through the rest of the day’s meetings.
    Tracy Grant, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Check out the new song snippet and the Christmas display below.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2022
  • His voice lines include snippets from the vows between the two, perhaps the most famous quotes from the film.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
  • The snippet showed the two commentators at the Bowl each armed with their own cookie and jar of mayo.
    Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The Mattel dolls play snippets of the stars’ vocals from the upcoming movie.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
  • That snippet of narration could have been dropped anywhere in the series, and placing it here drains what ought to be a key scene of its sense of discovery.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
  • White posted a snippet of a Vanguard set, played for just a handful of people, on his Instagram page early Friday morning.
    Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024

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