How to Use snafu in a Sentence

snafu

noun
  • There was a snafu with the recording of Dave Grohl’s drums.
    Jonathan Cohen, Variety, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The snafu was first reported by the New York Times on March 31.
    NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Along the way, Dawson also had to deal with a lab snafu.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Netflix apologized for the snafu, filmed the reunion and aired it the next day.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • After Arkansas scored in the wake of the punt snafu, the Hogs went for two to try and cut it to a field goal margin.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The movement snafu allowed the audience to laugh and see themselves as part of the fun.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And while it's supposed to be all fun and games, one etiquette snafu can leave a bad taste in the mouths of hostesses and brides-to-be alike.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Blockchain snafu aside, lavish parties were thrown left and right in the best traditions of the nouveau riche.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • Andy Cohen has a good sense of humor about his recent style snafu.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In another defensive snafu, de Haan tried to clear up the middle of the ice, but Hedman one-timed it from the high slot.
    Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The French Laundry snafu has reignited a long-shot bid to recall Newsom.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But a voting machine snafu at the Latimer Lane School in Simsbury delayed the count.
    Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • In an attempt to fix his text snafu, a panicking Lowe sent a second text.
    EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The cellphone data snafu could catch up to Jones in multiple ways, too.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Musk even mocked the Texas utility responsible for the snafu in a tweet.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Iowa, which was kicked out of the window completely, also has a legal snafu ahead of them.
    Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Achieving perfection takes a lot of work and according to Stylez, there was a little snafu along the way.
    Emerald Elitou, Essence, 3 May 2022
  • Then there was the whole identical album art snafu, which has been resolved.
    Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In any case, this censorship snafu, though soon sorted out, was not what the occasion called for.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Goodell got wind of the snafu and invited Eaton to visit him in his suite during halftime.
    Carol Cain, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Now Southwest had put in place a step-by-step system designed to stem one of the snafu’s biggest headaches: marooned luggage.
    John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The sign snafu is the latest for owner Elon Musk and the company, which announced its name change earlier this month.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
  • But whatever the cause, the snafu got a lot of PS4 and PS5 users discussing the downsides of going digital-only.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Scott: Right, and Amazon has had big snafus in the press and a lot of criticism about its treatment of warehouse employees.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • My brother anxiously awaits re-entry to the U.S. after a visa snafu.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Outside this recent snafu, Turner and Jonas have managed to keep their children largely out of the public eye for this long.
    Brittany Vincent, EW.com, 2 May 2023
  • Her clout wasn’t enough to get a similar bill across the finish line last year, the result of a stunning procedural snafu.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Following this snafu, Miller claimed that the board game Parcheesi was of Rastafarian roots, which the half-Black neighbor questioned.
    Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • The rogue guest on Fox Business on Wednesday temporarily fooled the anchor, who later in the show apologized for the snafu.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • But eagle-eyed Disney fans, known for their intense and sometimes obsessive love of all things Mouse House, had already picked up on the snafu.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2022

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