snarled 1 of 3

past tense of snarl

snarled

2 of 3

verb (2)

past tense of snarl

snarled

3 of 3

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snarled
Verb
Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday. Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024 Earlier this year, UnitedHealthcare suffered a massive ransomware attack, which leaked info on over 100 million people and snarled healthcare for weeks despite a $22 million payment to the attackers. Wes Davis, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024 There’s massive regulatory pressure to adopt renewables and upgrade the grid, but pilot programs and new initiatives often get snarled in lengthy approval and permitting processes. Steve Smith, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snarled
Adjective
  • Famoplay Hair Tool Travel Bag When packed, hot hair tools can quickly become a tangled mess.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Directed by German-American filmmaker Sherry Hormann, this sultry Netflix thriller whisks viewers away to sunny Mallorca, Spain, where a seemingly harmless vacation turns into a tangled web of lies and betrayal.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Featuring four polished wooden blocks in warm tones topped with knotted jute rope bows, the set adds an autumnal charm with minimal fuss.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Go big and bold like Cardi, try a romantic, tousled twist like Martha Stewart, or consider Hailey Bieber's tight, knotted ballerina bun, which the Rhode founder has been wearing on repeat.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Another, paradoxical, factor that could be contributing to this rise is our steadily less polluted atmosphere.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Two children who became ill showed symptoms of a condition that can arise from contaminated water.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In communities without clean water, families often burn wood to boil contaminated water, contributing to both deforestation and emissions.
    Sivan Yaari, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Friedrich died at the end of 1934 after eating tainted chicken meat.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
  • King also claimed that the tainted alcohol is then sold back to restaurants, bars, hotels and other drinking establishments.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Snarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snarled. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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