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How to use snug in a sentence

30 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Snug means warm and comfortable; cosy. Example: “I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.”

Examples of snug by meaning

adjectiveWarm and comfortable; cosy.

  • I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
  • That night Tarzan built a snug little bower high among the swaying branches of a giant tree, and there the tired girl slept, while in a crotch beneath her the ape-man curled, ready, even in sleep, to protect her.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 214

adjectiveClose-fitting.

  • You may still be able to slide the whole thing into your pocket, but it’s likely to be more of a snug fit than when using the phone on its own.2021 April 23, Brad Linder, “PinePhone keyboard prototype transforms the Linux phone into a tiny Linux laptop”, in Linux Smartphones

verbTo make secure or snug.

  • He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 15

More sentences with snug

  • Quickly snug everything down before the storm gets here.From the entry snug down
  • These diapers are hourglass-shaped to eliminate folding and are gusseted for a snug fit around the legs.2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion: Simplifying What to Do, Buy, Or Borrow for an Easy Life with Baby…. From the entry soaker pad
  • He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat.2009, Dan Vining, Among the Living, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry hot
  • Poor Floyd Landis — it can’t be easy filling Lance Armstrong’s snug spandex shorts.2007 January, “The Mad 20: The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2006!”, in John Ficarra, editor, Mad, number 473, New York, N.Y.: E.C.…. From the entry 'nads
  • “Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.”1993, Ralph Moody, The Fields of Home, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry dite
  • Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.1984, Robert Forrest Burgess, Handbook of trailer sailing, page 90. From the entry upper
  • Their brownstone still stands, and it is still snug and weathertight.1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 35. From the entry weathertight
  • With a people pod snugged underneath, it can even transport troops.1965 December, “Biggest -- and Ugliest -- Chopper”, in Popular Science, volume 187, number 6, page 88. From the entry people pod
  • As it is, here I am, snug as a bug in a rug."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74. From the entry snug as a bug in a rug
  • I should snuggest the Wawaw Treatment.” “How you do that?” I jar afraidly.1924 March 23, Wallace Irwin, “Letters Of A Japanese Schoolboy: Togo Prefers His Own Style Of Beauty”, in The Sun, volume 24, number 12D…. From the entry afraidly
  • Then six more missions and I'll have enough creds to set myself up in style on some snug and safe planet.2014, S. E. Gilchrist, chapter 1, in When Stars Collide, Sydney, N.S.W.: Escape Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry droid
  • Cameltoe is slang for a fashion faux pas caused by women wearing snug pants; the term suggests a visual analogy.2003 May 23, Kelefah Sanneh, “Fashion Tip in Rap for Brooklyn Girls”, in New York Times. From the entry cameltoe
  • Hares left their snug ‘forms’ in the cold grass.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 275. From the entry form
  • Before long the two machinators abandoned the rigour of the bare studio for a snug corner of a café.1904, O. Henry, “Masters of Arts”, in Cabbages and Kings, page 264. From the entry machinator
  • Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell.2026, Emily Barth, “Woolly Cocoon Bags”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 37. From the entry fell
  • The Silverman house was stoutly built, with snug masoncraft and tight joinery, but somehow the sudden storm pressed a vague draft through the dining room.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 191. From the entry masoncraft
  • If the cable is served it should be stripped back to the snugger wire by means of a blow-lamp to assist removal.2013, Michael Neidle, Electrical Installation Technology, →ISBN, page 170. From the entry snugger
  • A midline abdominal incision was made and the descending aorta above the renal bifurcation was cleared of adjacent tissues and a snugger was placed.2012, Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Ian M.C. Dixon, Pawan K. Singal, Biochemistry of Hypertrophy and Heart Failure, →ISBN, page 140. From the entry snugger
  • People untouched by day, smugly snug.1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle. From the entry nightish
  • These fish are brought to the fluffy little Puffins in their snug nests inside of a burrow or under a slab of rock.1962, Robert Porter Allen, The Giant Golden Book of Birds: An Introduction to Familiar and Interesting Birds of the World, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry puffling
  • I should snuggest the Wawaw Treatment.”1924 March 23, Wallace Irwin, “Letters Of A Japanese Schoolboy: Togo Prefers His Own Style Of Beauty”, in The Sun, volume 24, number 12D…. From the entry distinctually
  • In the Cotswolds, though the towns are small and sweet and the inns snug, the general habit of the land is bleak and bare.1921, A. E. Coppard, “Dusky Ruth”, in Adam & Eve & Pinch Me. From the entry habit
  • I daresay, if the truth was known, the old hag's feeding a rebel she's got hidden away in some snug hole hereaway."1916, John Lang, Jean Lang, Stories of the Border Marches. From the entry hereaway
  • "What is the use of running off-shore?" I said to Margaret, when the kites were snugged down and all yards trimmed on the wind.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI. From the entry snug down
  • Tommy remembered Uncle Johnny standing up from his chair in the snug and settling his titfer on his head, what made him look as if he were a bookie.2016, Alan Moore, “Hark! The Glad Sound!”, in Jerusalem: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Liveright Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 330. From the entry titfer
  • He put his penny on the counter and, leaving the curate to grope for it in the gloom, retreated out of the snug as furtively as he had entered it.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 107. From the entry curate

Meaning of snug

  1. adjective Warm and comfortable; cosy.
  2. adjective Satisfactory.
  3. adjective Close-fitting.

Full definition of snug

Questions about snug in a sentence

How do you use snug in a sentence?
Snug is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.”
What is a short sentence with snug?
“I should snuggest the Wawaw Treatment.””
What does snug mean?
Snug means warm and comfortable; cosy.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snug (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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