How to Use snuff in a Sentence

snuff

1 of 2 noun

• If any category isn’t up to snuff, upgrade it.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
• People begin to associate me with snuff.
  — Isa Mazzei, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
• It was usually smoked, ingested in the form of snuff, or used as an enema.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 June 2023
• The technical definition of snuff is a death video made for profit — and this is not that.
  — Isa Mazzei, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
• Going above and beyond, guest specialists stop by rooms just to ensure every detail is up to snuff.
  — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
• It is so named because the flowers were made into snuff in the past, used to induce sneezing to clear out congestion.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
• The data also reveals that many Americans fear their savings aren't up to snuff.
  — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
• The iron box housed 16 snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain, and a powder compact—all gold.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
• There was discussion, but momentum seemed snuff by the pandemic.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
• Next to him, a man with glazed eyes and a sloppy grin lays out a rough line of snuff along his wrist, preparing for a swift hit of stress-relieving nicotine.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• Years of overexposure to injustice, snuff content, and tragedy has led us all to build walls to protect ourselves from the world's pain.
  — Stephen Kent, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Any good dinner party needing a table that’s up to snuff, the Round table is a fantastic option.
  — Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Here, the Neo's A18 Pros could be chips with one GPU core that wasn't up to snuff.
  — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
• The personal objects found with the coins, including the snuff boxes and compact, may be key to resolving the mystery.
  — Sara Cincurova, New York Times, 3 May 2025
• The View cohosts would like to revamp the American political sphere with men who are up to snuff, thank you very much!
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
• Her team just received specific reopening requirements a few days ago, and are now working fast to make sure everything is up to safety snuff.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2020
• So it's usually smoked, ingested in the form of snuff, or used as an enema by those seeking the full hallucinogenic effect.
  — ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
• So it's usually smoked, ingested in the form of snuff, or used as an enema by those seeking the full hallucinogenic effect.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2022
• As investigators review the snuff tapes, the fiend’s identity comes into focus.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• Products include chewing, snuff, or any tobacco intended to be used by any means besides smoking or combustion.
  — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
• During the 1970s in NYC, there were stories about these underground films called snuff films.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
• Swedish Match, based in Stockholm, makes nicotine pouches, chewing tobacco, and moist snuff, among other products.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
• And another interesting tidbit that the series chose to touch on was the Queen's addiction to tobacco snuff.
  — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• These compression packing cubes are must-haves to keep your suitcase up to snuff, and this cable organizer absolutely deserves a spot in your carry-on.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026
• And shortly after Kirk’s killing, social media got flooded by the next viral snuff film, a video of a gruesome beheading in Dallas.
  — Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• Ellen Kramer is a lonely film archivist restoring a snuff film that was thought to be destroyed in a fire after WWII.
  — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
• Other artifacts discovered include a toothbrush, an empty snuff bottle, copper buttons and a belt buckle.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
• In the galley, Damo and Rainbeau joke that Kelly has been eliminated from the boat Survivor-style; they fake-snuff a torch.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
• Hours later, Utah officials confirmed Kirk had died, meaning that everyone who watched the video had essentially just viewed a snuff film.
  — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
• On social media, people shared instructions for how to turn off auto-play in order to avoid accidentally encountering what amounted to a snuff video.
  — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025

snuff

2 of 2 verb

• That light has been snuffed out.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
• That light has been snuffed out.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
• Neither skill was up to snuff in the first two weeks.
  — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• Worried your winter gear isn’t up to snuff?
  — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
• Then some late spring storms hit that region, snuffing out the flames.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023
• The cabin’s eight electric lights snuffed out.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• These attacks snuffed out at least 115 lives last year.
  — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
• Just that word, process, can throttle and snuff the life out of the subject.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
• But when her girlhood expired, her success was snuffed out with it.
  — Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
• The culture war is burning too hot for a class war to snuff it out anytime soon.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
• But if enough early drives are snuffed out, the Tigers could take the home crowd out of the game.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
• The wing-back will hope his chance at Sunday has not been snuffed out by injury.
  — Beren Cross, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• Brief protests were snuffed out by police at the start of the war and now are all but non-existent.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2023
• One way to do that would be to completely snuff out the Seattle run game.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
• Our Killer wants revenge and aims to snuff out anyone who crossed him and his partner.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• After all, if the product isn’t up to snuff yet, there’s nothing for them to market.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 June 2026
• Chinese censors have tried to snuff out the sharpest criticisms.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• Trust your gut, trust your heart and trust your history — snuff out this old flame and move on to bigger and brighter things.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
• The word alone evokes candles snuffed, fires extinguished, flames slowly dimmed.
  — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Cowgirls ran off nine straight points to start the fourth to snuff out Princeton's hopes.
  — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Officials say soaking rain is needed to snuff out the larger fires.
  — Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• Fonseca unleashed a serve and a forehand and snuffed out the danger.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• In a typical year, melting snow seeps into the ground where winter fires burn and snuffs most of them out.
  — Ian Austen, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• Palace’s defence, so staunch for much of this campaign, snuffed out any serious danger.
  — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• A number of hurdles that may unfold in coming months could snuff out momentum for unions.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2022
• And yet Derrickson was also keen to show that fortitude is hard to snuff out.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2022
• Dissent has been quashed and protests, once a daily feature of life in Hong Kong, have been snuffed out.
  — Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
• But, every so often, the series channels the rage that drives people to snuff out the threats that jostle too close.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Mission Bay quickly snuffed out that grab at momentum, thanks to the big right arm of Arnold.
  — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• Sivori couldn't find time to get rid of the ball and the Yellow Jackets would snuff out any daylight on the ground.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2021