How to Use snout in a Sentence

snout

noun

• The dog raised his snout and sniffed.
• Stiles said a good way to ID a coral snake is through the black snout on the front of the face.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022
• Both have eyes and snouts, tails and paws, four legs and fur.
  — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• The fish, from snout to tail, was well beyond my reach.
  — David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 15 Mar. 2021
• The dead buck was stuck fast, his snout buried firm under the ice shelf.
  — Nick Fasciano, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024
• The dog pokes her snout through, the rest of her body following.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• First, the gator wedges its snout between two of the metal bars.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
• Wolves have a grayish black coat with small ears and a broad snout.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The whale shark then poked its head out of the water again, and Sailor touched her nose with the whale shark's snout.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• The tusks of the strap-toothed whale grow up and across the snout, like a bone ribbon that ties the mouth nearly shut.
  — J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
• In life, the beaked, plant-munching creature was about 12 feet from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023
• And the dog will move its snout to point toward the correct person.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Alas, the beetles who got the short end of the snout seem to truly be the lesser of two weevils.
  — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• First the goats, then the cows, then the water buffalo with their long black snouts.
  — Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• As the largest of all four anteater species, the giant anteater can reach up to eight feet long from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Bull has black faux fur, vibrant green eyes and a gold nose ring to match its snout and hooves.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2021
• Are hosts and hosts of tiny worms, each indigo of snout.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2022
• The dog was shot in the snout, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2022
• In the meantime, Roberts got some electrical tape and wrapped it around the gator’s toothy snout.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2024
• This net had already cut deep into the whale's snout and was longer than the whale itself.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2022
• But its defining feature is its long snout and two rows of sharp teeth.
  — Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
• Coral snakes will almost always have a black snout, while kingsnakes will have a red nose and face.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• Aardvarks are known for their long, pig-like snout that is used to sniff out insects.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
• Their fur ranges in color from light buff to a dark reddish brown and the back of their ears, tips of their tails and snout are black.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• Your dog will need to use her paws, snout, and mind to wiggle these squeaky, plush chipmunks out of their log.
  — Hannah Harper, Health.com, 14 May 2021
• Texas spiny lizards grow to around 8 to 11 inches long from snout to tail end, pretty big for such a lizard species.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• The next day, Robert ate his cereal without a spoon, with his snout in his bowl.
  — Gish Jen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Most of the caimans sold in stores were spectacled caimans — a species so named for the glasses-like ridge that runs along their snouts.
  — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Read Next Mountain creature with no ears and ‘long’ snout seen playing dead.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• Skunks do not have white patches on their heads and instead have one thin white stripe that runs from the top of their head to the beginning of their snout.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024