'snare' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'snare' with 2 example sentences.
- snare noun
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: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
: a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- snare verb
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: catch in or as if in a trap
: entice and trap
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
I have been living like a wolf trapped in a snare.