Get to know Snipes better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Snipes meaning
- plural of snipe
- Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”)
Using Snipes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of snipe | Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”)
- In the example corpus, snipes often appears in combinations such as: wesley snipes, snipes and, snipes was.
Context around Snipes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snipes
- In this selection, "snipes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wesley, shows, christopher, remarkable, pro and trilogy stand out and add context to how "snipes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after wesley snipes first played and and wesley snipes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snipes" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snipes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, Snipes' surprise appearance in the film gives him two years on Jackman. (13 words)
From physical fights to online snipes, here are the best fights of the year. (14 words)
Our partner in Europe is the number-one street retailer in the world: Snipes. (14 words)
Honestly, isn’t a great movie—it’s kind of like a sport version of —but the fact that a tough guy like Wesley Snipes can play a scared baseball player worried about his kidnapped son just shows Snipes’ remarkable range. (41 words)
Snipes, 62, shared a series of film stills on his Instagram account, showing him and Kristofferson in costume, and revealed the life lessons that he had learned from his co-star. (31 words)
Blade: Trinity saw Wesley Snipes’ human-vampire hybrid join forces with Hannibal and his fellow hunters in a bid to defeat rival Danica Talos (Parker Posey) once and for all. (30 words)
Funnily enough, Jackman's return for Deadpool and Wolverine meant he technically held the record – right up until Snipes appeared on-screen! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Honestly, isn’t a great movie—it’s kind of like a sport version of —but the fact that a tough guy like Wesley Snipes can play a scared baseball player worried about his kidnapped son just shows Snipes’ remarkable range.
Another book on the list, presumably not banned, is “Milo and Marcos at the End of the World” by Kevin Christopher Snipes.
Directed by Maya Angelou in her only film directorial endeavor, “Down in the Delta” is a drama starring Alfre Woodard and Wesley Snipes.
From physical fights to online snipes, here are the best fights of the year.
He snipes back at the mayor’s assertion that he is pursuing “the projects,” saying what he is proposing is nothing like the federally subsidized housing of decades past.
Jaylin Sanders competes during the SNIPES Pro-Breaking Tour National Breakdancing Competition at JiangHu Bistro in Alhambra on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
Our partner in Europe is the number-one street retailer in the world: Snipes.
Starring Snipes and Harrelson, the film follows two basketball players who initially try to hustle one another but, eventually, start to work together to hustle other players.
The character of Blade was originally made popular by the Wesley Snipes trilogy in the late 90s and early 2000s.
The Snipes & We The Best collaboration marks the first time an artist and sneaker retailer have joined forces to create a brick-and-mortar space.
Wesley Snipes previously played Blade in a trilogy of movies between 1998 and 2004.
Blade: Trinity saw Wesley Snipes’ human-vampire hybrid join forces with Hannibal and his fellow hunters in a bid to defeat rival Danica Talos (Parker Posey) once and for all.
Blade: Trinity's troubled production led to its poor reception; Snipes' disinterest caused chaos on set.
Channing Tatum makes a brief appearance as Gambit, and Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, adding to the film’s star-studded lineup.
Funnily enough, Jackman's return for Deadpool and Wolverine meant he technically held the record – right up until Snipes appeared on-screen!
However, Snipes' surprise appearance in the film gives him two years on Jackman.
In the above sections, the return of Channing Tatum and Wesley Snipes has already been praised, but this image from the director takes things to a whole new level.
Marvel enthusiasts on Reddit have pondered the possibility of Nicolas Cage showing up as Ghost Rider or Wesley Snipes reprising his role as Blade.
Marvel Studios' Blade sees the return of the iconic vampire hunter more than two decades after Wesley Snipes first played the character in live-action.
Snipes, 62, shared a series of film stills on his Instagram account, showing him and Kristofferson in costume, and revealed the life lessons that he had learned from his co-star.
Common combinations with snipes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: