verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog snarls (= shows its teeth and makes an angry sound )
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When a dog snarls, it is threatening attack.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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Polar Star is no exception; its lovely clueless opening soon snarls up in a mess of motives and half-finished characters.
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I scramble back across the sheets getting snarled up in them.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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""Keep your dirty hands off me,'' he snarled.
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"What do they want?" snarled Weinstein.
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Every time he asked her a question she snarled a bad-tempered answer.
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They're going to give us the information, but it keeps getting snarled up in paperwork.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He has too often been seen snarling and too seldom seen smiling.
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Margarett snarled in her diary later that winter.
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Roads, although often snarled with traffic, are better than in most booming suburbs.
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The most important marketer for the school could be the secretary who snarls at parents when they call or phone.
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The old steward came hurrying up, huffing and puffing, but Carey snarled at him so he slunk away.
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They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.
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Whitlock snarled angrily and tossed the Browning on to the ground.