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Recent Examples of snooze
Noun
The Verdict on Shortcut Cinnamon Rolls Admittedly, the smell wasn’t exactly the same as Mom’s skip-the-snooze-worthy rolls.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2025 Sarah Neilson Here’s one for the old-school Hallmark fans, but with enough interesting characters keep it from being completely snooze-worthy.—Sarah Neilson, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
Verb
This year, Tankersley spent the frigid night alone, dozing off briefly while the rest of her family snoozed in nearby vehicles.—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026 In a post on TikTok, Olivia (@oliviapontano) revealed that her daughter snoozed for over 15 hours on October 10.—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snooze
Marcotte says the pair remained at the arena throughout the whole day, following their practice in the morning, and following a nap, Kihara seemed to have shaken off the previous day’s mistake.
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Alice Park,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
Scarlet Darkness Floral Cottagecore Dress Romantics, cottagecore fans, and anyone who’s ever fawned over the cult-favorite Hill House Home nap dress should add the lookalike Scarlet Darkness Floral Cottagecore Dress to their carts immediately.
With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.
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Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
One such winner is Steve Kovacs, who took first place in the Blackwater category, as well as the coveted best-in-show prize, for his whimsical image of a monkfish in Japan appearing to yawn.
Marchand did not see the ice in OT but calmly stepped to the center dot, bore in on Korpisalo and beat him over the glove with a pretty backhander, a move Pastrnak knows well.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
This civic attitude kicked into high gear as ICE bore down on the state.