as in barking
to speak sharply or irritably
she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions
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as in tangling
to twist together into a usually confused mass
you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line
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Recent Examples of snarling
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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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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