How to Use snark in a Sentence
snark
noun-
The Xander/Whedon-style snark was the tone of the decade.
— Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Of course, one pull of the trigger will knock the snark right out of you.
— John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 8 Mar. 2021 -
Still, the book is a chance to take stock—high highs, low lows, Trump snark and all.
— Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2020 -
John said with a bit of snark, fully aware of the irony of the outcome.
— Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022 -
Home too soon, to be sure, but skip the snark and think big picture.
— Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 26 Mar. 2023 -
One of them had a whole lot of snark in one short sentence.
— Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 2 Sep. 2020 -
That led to a high level of snark from, well, just about all over.
— Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 16 May 2018 -
Expect a night filled with a lot of snark, like that of the tweet below.
— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2020 -
As for you, use your snark with other adults and friends.
— Meghan Leahy, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023 -
No snark was part of the mandate of this year's Oscars, Sher said.
— Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021 -
All along, host Michelle Buteau sasses and snarks for those of us at home.
— Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 1 Jan. 2020 -
There was, predictably, some snark about the FDA’s move on Twitter.
— Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020 -
If not, the Big 12 will be fabulous theater for four years with slights and snark and trolling across the board.
— Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 26 July 2021 -
Twitter’s brand lies in snark, memes, and breaking news.
— WIRED, 6 July 2023 -
Fox News had every right to rip Biden for his candid snark.
— Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022 -
How much will Prescott’s wit and snark shine through in mic-ed up elements?
— Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021 -
Surely there is enough snark around that it should be avoided.
— Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021 -
Ryan, dial up that ain’t-a-stinker act to 100, and lace every single line with weapons-grade snark.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2021 -
But if Scalia’s defining trait was snark, Gorsuch’s might be smarm.
— Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018 -
His writing bears no hint of the glib snark of the Marvel machine, no stray traces of Whedonese.
— A.a. Dowd, Chron, 13 Dec. 2022 -
The snark, laced with a heavy dose of How the Mighty Have Fallen, flew fast and furious on social media.
— Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020 -
But after a day like that, wild speculation and snark are bound to head Adam Vinatieri's way.
— Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2019 -
Some snarks feel that way and use the would-be stigma against some of the Crimson Tide’s most passionate and loyal fan base.
— Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al.com, 22 July 2019 -
Because the tree is battling back on social media – with a bit of humor and snark.
— The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2020 -
There are moments of Anatomy that are maybe funny, but there was no snark to hide behind.
— Simmone Shah, Time, 11 Jan. 2022 -
Now her detractors are blurring the line between snark and abuse.
— Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2022 -
Instead, images of the moment unleashed a tidal wave of online snark.
— Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2020 -
The new Child’s Play fits in nicely with this camp, employing the same level of snark and post 9/11 mean-spiritedness.
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2019 -
Meanwhile, Hill’s and Windsor’s names were attached to the controversy on Reddit snark pages.
— Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Early demonstrations showed a chatbot defined less by a connection to cosmic truths than by a willingness to engage in the snark and vulgarity that rival products try to avoid.
— David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
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