On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Snipe. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as shorebird or assail and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Snipe meaning
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
Synonyms of Snipe
Using Snipe
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. | A fool; a blockhead. | A shot fired from a concealed place.
- Useful related words include: shorebird, assail, round, attack.
- In the example corpus, snipe often appears in combinations such as: to snipe, snipe at, snipe and.
Context around Snipe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snipe
- In this selection, "snipe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bicker, wawa, someone, performed, hunt and meanwhile stand out and add context to how "snipe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a male snipe will fly and a successful snipe hunt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snipe" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snipe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Jack Snipe will be beautiful when the works are completed. (11 words)
Horses are much easier to snipe from a distance than their jockeys. (12 words)
Have you ever seen someone snipe like this with an upside down controller? (13 words)
The Congress cannot be written off as a national-level challenger and there are others like the Aam Aadmi Party ready to snipe at the edges or even rustle up organizations and candidates in all states to eat up a substantial portion of votes, come 2024. (46 words)
Two Latham’s snipe are still at Blue Waters Lake and the five juvenile swans have not been kicked out of home by their parents yet; they must be about seven to eight months old. (35 words)
At the 2021 Super Bowl, Warren “Wawa” Snipe performed the national anthem Star-spangled banner, sung by country music star Eric Church and rhythm and blues singer Jazmine Sullivan, again in sign language. (33 words)
Have you ever seen someone snipe like this with an upside down controller? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
As he celebrates his 65th birthday his dysfunctional family bicker, snipe and scheme, hoping to gain control of his empire.
At the 2021 Super Bowl, Warren “Wawa” Snipe performed the national anthem Star-spangled banner, sung by country music star Eric Church and rhythm and blues singer Jazmine Sullivan, again in sign language.
For more brands, it’s not enough to snipe a lucky rank eight or even a rank four on page one.
Frasier and Lilith must therefore both navigate their new roles in life now they neither are full-time parents, with each other to blame, support, and snipe at.
Have you ever seen someone snipe like this with an upside down controller?
Horses are much easier to snipe from a distance than their jockeys.
Make sure to practice your oral sounds to have a successful snipe hunt.
No other Tomcat scored in double digits, although 6-7 power forward Janerus Snipe had eight points and six boards.
Snipe, meanwhile, will pay tribute to the people of Bamber Bridge at an event marking the anniversary.
The ask: Snipe some goals, get better defensively and make the most of his ice time given.
The Congress cannot be written off as a national-level challenger and there are others like the Aam Aadmi Party ready to snipe at the edges or even rustle up organizations and candidates in all states to eat up a substantial portion of votes, come 2024.
The Jack Snipe will be beautiful when the works are completed.
That does not include the 2016 Colonial Cup, which doubled as the Snipe class North American Championship and drew 69 boats.
Two Latham’s snipe are still at Blue Waters Lake and the five juvenile swans have not been kicked out of home by their parents yet; they must be about seven to eight months old.
Whenever I feel the urge to sneer or snipe at a grant-funded project, I remind myself that’s a good thing.
William Dufour brought the Islanders within one with a bar-down snipe from the slot at 12:11 of the second stanza.
During the breeding season, a male snipe will fly some 300 or more feet high followed by steep and speedy dives while beating his wings.
In 2018, Uzi began to publicly snipe at his label, Generation Now, hinting that they wouldn’t let him release it.
I walked around Blue Waters Lake but did not spot one of the elusive snipe.
Maybe if enough rich twats decided to snipe teachers for private tutors, the public schools will be forced to pay teachers more.
Common combinations with snipe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to snipe 9×
- snipe at 7×
- snipe and 4×
- snipe from 3×
- snipe hunt 2×
- snipe will 2×