snarling 1 of 2

present participle of snarl

snarling

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of snarl

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The 35-day government shutdown that stretched from December 2018 to January 2019 ended after 10 air traffic controllers stayed home, snarling air traffic. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 Credit Tim Curry, whose snarling Pennywise is more grounded than Bill Skarsgård's monstrous interpretation — and arguably more effective. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025 The howling, snarling wolves are at bay. Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Tit-for-tat levies reached triple digits on both sides at one point this year, snarling supply chains. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025 Joe shouts as the snarling lobos close in. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2025 Indeed, the film includes audio of President Nixon snarling about Hersh in conversations with his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 For the privileged few, a cool $27,000 can pay for a gourmet cuisine just yards from F1 cars snarling past. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 At its nadir, when Rayya is gobbling morphine pills and shooting cocaine and snarling at hospice nurses, Gilbert begins questioning the nature of existence. Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Snarling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snarling. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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