How to Use snood in a Sentence

snood

noun
  • Lou also sports a snood in winter to keep her ears warm and out of the snow.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • And this wasn’t some snood-for-brains 2-year-old either, but a mature 25-pound gobbler.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
  • In later rounds, the words were much more difficult: like dextral, visigothic and snood.
    Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Here’s another fun fact: Male turkeys, called toms, have bald, featherless heads with all sorts of dangling skin flaps and knobs known as the snood, the wattle and caruncles.
    Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019
  • There are at least 10, and each is both decorative and practical: the classic, the classic with a twist, the pretzel, the waterfall, the Gigi, the snood, the fling, the knot, the loop, and the hood (yes, it can also be worn over the head).
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Until this week, Nate Favini, MD, religiously wore a neck snood on his daily runs.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Her other winter accessories include a deep red cashmere snood scarf from the Scottish cashmere brand Brora.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Wild turkey toms never pretend to be anything but bullies, but when the cockiest male gobbles and struts in spring, flaunting his swollen snood and flashy, colorful face and neck, females flock to him like teenagers chasing a pop star.
    Laura Erickson, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2020
  • In the video, the male turkey - snood engorged, tail feathers spread extravagantly - struts briskly after the U.S. Postal Service vehicle, circling the boxy white truck and lunging as the mail carrier inserts envelopes in each box along the block.
    Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Posh animals will find options like the timeless tuxedo and shirred dresses, while those who are normcore inclined are also covered (snoods and hoodies made of sustainable bamboo).
    Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 4 July 2018
  • First cousin to the snood, dickeys similarly eliminate the need for wearing bulky scarves or turtlenecks by shielding your neck from bitter winds, while also serving as a mini sweater vest that looks on-point during Zoom meetings.
    Talia Abbas, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Reviewers say the snood is comfortable, functional, and absolutely adorable on their little pups.
    Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • A normally modest Lisa Gherardini appears for her sitting heavily rouged, her hair in a snood, her lavish jewelry and ornamental scarves someone else’s idea.
    Christine Dolen, miamiherald, 17 July 2017
  • Lou also sports a snood in winter to keep her ears warm and out of the snow.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • And this wasn’t some snood-for-brains 2-year-old either, but a mature 25-pound gobbler.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
  • In later rounds, the words were much more difficult: like dextral, visigothic and snood.
    Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Here’s another fun fact: Male turkeys, called toms, have bald, featherless heads with all sorts of dangling skin flaps and knobs known as the snood, the wattle and caruncles.
    Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019
  • There are at least 10, and each is both decorative and practical: the classic, the classic with a twist, the pretzel, the waterfall, the Gigi, the snood, the fling, the knot, the loop, and the hood (yes, it can also be worn over the head).
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Until this week, Nate Favini, MD, religiously wore a neck snood on his daily runs.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Her other winter accessories include a deep red cashmere snood scarf from the Scottish cashmere brand Brora.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Wild turkey toms never pretend to be anything but bullies, but when the cockiest male gobbles and struts in spring, flaunting his swollen snood and flashy, colorful face and neck, females flock to him like teenagers chasing a pop star.
    Laura Erickson, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2020
  • In the video, the male turkey - snood engorged, tail feathers spread extravagantly - struts briskly after the U.S. Postal Service vehicle, circling the boxy white truck and lunging as the mail carrier inserts envelopes in each box along the block.
    Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Posh animals will find options like the timeless tuxedo and shirred dresses, while those who are normcore inclined are also covered (snoods and hoodies made of sustainable bamboo).
    Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 4 July 2018
  • First cousin to the snood, dickeys similarly eliminate the need for wearing bulky scarves or turtlenecks by shielding your neck from bitter winds, while also serving as a mini sweater vest that looks on-point during Zoom meetings.
    Talia Abbas, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Reviewers say the snood is comfortable, functional, and absolutely adorable on their little pups.
    Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • A normally modest Lisa Gherardini appears for her sitting heavily rouged, her hair in a snood, her lavish jewelry and ornamental scarves someone else’s idea.
    Christine Dolen, miamiherald, 17 July 2017

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