snuck up

past participle of sneak up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuck up
Verb
  • There were aeons before Helm arrived.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The boy, who was walking to a nearby business when he was shot, was able to run to safety until deputies arrived, according to MDSO.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • One day, Eskil Vogt, who was the same age, turned up on set as another assistant.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Local media reported that seven of the defendants had turned up for the trial, while Brigitte Macron did not attend in person and was represented instead by her lawyers.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Major outfits like Warner Records felt too big, but when representatives from Big Loud Texas showed up to a bar show in College Station, the group found its match.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Bachelor Nation showed up in full force including Ben Higgins, Kelley Flanagan, Andrew Firestone, Catherine Giudici Lowe, Zach Shallcross and Kaity Biggar, Connor Saeli, and Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Snuck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuck%20up. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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