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 | [e-mail], 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
• The incident marks the latest airline snafu that has raised concern over aircraft safety.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024