as in to bark
to speak sharply or irritably
she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions
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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line
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as in jam
a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement
to no avail, the city promotes carpooling to help ease the traffic snarls that always accompany rush hour
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Recent Examples of snarl
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The snowfall on Monday seriously snarled travel into and out of Washington, D.C., where up to a foot was expected to accumulate overnight despite an afternoon lull.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
This improvement to sound also makes the restrained snarl of Naked Snake’s voice have an even better bite.
—Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
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Once the character goes full psychopath, Wahlberg is all nose hole, snorting and snarling like a bull preparing to charge.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The snowfall on Monday seriously snarled travel into and out of Washington, D.C., where up to a foot was expected to accumulate overnight despite an afternoon lull.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Still, in the cadre of causes (which include supply chain snarls, shifts in demand and spending patterns and Russia’s war in Ukraine) some prominent economists have said the massive fiscal packages passed under Trump and Biden stoked demand.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
This improvement to sound also makes the restrained snarl of Naked Snake’s voice have an even better bite.
—Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Snarl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snarl. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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