snaring

present participle of snare

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snaring The Pro Bowl returner had a Pro Bowl-type breakout as a receiver in last year's Week 17 matchup against these same Bengals, snaring a 51-yard touchdown bomb from Bo Nix in the fourth quarter and adding another game-tying score at the end of regulation to push that late-December game into overtime. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025 When Bello hit Tyler Heineman with a pitch to lead off the fifth, the right-hander immediately drew a double play from George Springer, helping his own cause by snaring the grounder up the middle and firing the ball to second. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 Antonelli was showing signs of progress toward Russell’s pace early in 2025, including snaring an impressive sprint race pole in Miami. Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaring
Verb
  • The first is light management (trapping more photons), and the second is interface passivation (reducing energy losses).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Staff tried to bar the doors, Mitchell said, but the water got in, trapping her and others inside.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Securing the Shield ensures the top seed for Philly and home-field advantage throughout the MLS Cup playoffs for a team that has quietly gone about a consistent season without grabbing much in the way of attention.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Without strangers lunging at her and grabbing her forearm.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The parachute relies on a single suspension line rather than many cords, which reduces tangling and speeds up deployment.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The sides had been tangling over the evidence since March, when the judge held a Frye hearing to determine whether the new type of DNA testing should be admissible.
    Michael Ruiz , Jennifer Johnson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Will Shipley would be more of the pass-catching value, and Dillon the early-down and goal-line option, not to say both can’t do both things — hence, the hot hand (and hence for the second time).
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But the Patriots gave it right back as Rhamondre Stevenson, who has had trouble fumbling early this season, was stripped after catching a pass from Maye.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Four innings before the Jays finished Saturday’s 10-1 blowout win over the New York Yankees, snatching a series-opening victory in the American League Division Series, Gausman was relegated to spectator.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Finney triumphed at the end of that film, dispatching child-snatching serial killer the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) with help from the ghosts of his previous victims and one of Gwen’s psychic visions.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Each verse is a heartfelt exploration of sorrow, capturing the complexity of human emotions in the face of separation.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The best part for her was capturing on video the exact moment the doors opened to reveal a firefighter standing above them, ready to help.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The American withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 created the vacuum into which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marched, declaring a caliphate and seizing territory the size of Britain.
    Aviva Klompas, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The ultra-orthodox group, with their leader Eretz Zakay, had a long history of illegally seizing Palestinian property across Jerusalem.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Snaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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