Explore Snag through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hitch or rip. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Snag in a sentence
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Snag meaning
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
Synonyms of Snag
Using Snag
- The main meaning on this page is: A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. | A dead tree that remains standing. | A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- Useful related words include: hitch, rip, tree, excrescence.
- In the example corpus, snag often appears in combinations such as: to snag, can snag, snag the.
Context around Snag
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snag
- In this selection, "snag" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, muir, spots, players, believed, converse and sockeyes stand out and add context to how "snag" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to snag the feathered and can also snag the 55. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snag" sits close to words such as amplify, archdiocese and bangor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snag
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aaaaand the Jimmy G deal today suddenly hits a snag. (10 words)
Allegedly, when Cassar regained consciousness inside the submarine, the operation met with a snag. (14 words)
Here is a look at top things to snag there for the spooky season. (14 words)
If you managed to snag a ticket, you then had to hustle to the screening room and grab a decent seat so you didn't get stuck in the first two rows because seats were first come, first serve. (39 words)
Oldest The Muir Snag, believed to be over 3500 years old * Muir Snag - Converse Basin Grove - more than 3500 years Greatest girth * Waterfall Tree - Alder Creek Grove - convert - tree with enormous basal buttress on very steep ground. (37 words)
Although, you can snag it for even less at the brand’s website right now during a rare sale; use code at checkout to score any SPF offerings for 20 percent off, including this mineral powder. (36 words)
If you're in the market to buy a Switch this holiday, are you going to look to potentially snag this new console bundle? (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
You can snag this fish for the road, or you can snag a dish incorporating this fish, like a salmon pastrami sandwich, for now.
Oldest The Muir Snag, believed to be over 3500 years old * Muir Snag - Converse Basin Grove - more than 3500 years Greatest girth * Waterfall Tree - Alder Creek Grove - convert - tree with enormous basal buttress on very steep ground.
Aaaaand the Jimmy G deal today suddenly hits a snag.
Allegedly, when Cassar regained consciousness inside the submarine, the operation met with a snag.
Although, you can snag it for even less at the brand’s website right now during a rare sale; use code at checkout to score any SPF offerings for 20 percent off, including this mineral powder.
Amazon's latest fifth-gen Echo Dot smart speakers can make your daily routines easer than ever, and right now, you can even snag one at a discount.
And for serious precision, you can snag this with a pivoting base for $250, $99 off the usual price.
And if a 65-inch screen will overwhelm your space, you can also snag the 55-inch model at a steal.
And right now you can snag one for just $24.99, 50% off the usual price, for new members in the USA for a limited time.
As per reports, Olivia Colman aka Queen Elizabeth II from seasons 3 & 4 of The Crown, managed to snag a special memento from sets.
But if you're not lucky enough to snag one of these codes today, keep listening to 94.5 PST for more chances to win tickets to see Taylor Swift this summer.
Christmas Day has come and gone, and that means it’s time to snag a present for yourself (for cheap) in Australia’s infamous Boxing Day Sales.
Discounts on this title have been pretty rare since it hit shelves this spring, but right now you can snag it with a slight discount at Amazon.
Fat Bear Week partner Explore.org operates a series of live cams that lets the world peek in on the bears as they jostle for the best fishing spots, snag sockeyes and let the calories fly.
Frontier Developments has revealed an all-new DLC pack coming to Jurassic World Evolution 2 as players will be able to snag the Feathered Species Pack.
Here is a look at top things to snag there for the spooky season.
However, many residents remain on waitlists for years hoping to snag housing like that.
If players snag today, they'll be all set for tomorrow's free game.
If you managed to snag a ticket, you then had to hustle to the screening room and grab a decent seat so you didn't get stuck in the first two rows because seats were first come, first serve.
If you're in the market to buy a Switch this holiday, are you going to look to potentially snag this new console bundle?
Common combinations with snag
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to snag 70×
- can snag 30×
- snag the 22×
- snag one 18×
- hit snag 16×
- snag this 6×
- the snag 6×
- you snag 6×
- snag some 5×
- snag in 5×