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Synonyms for snare

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : snair
Phonetic Transcription : snɛər

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Définition of snare

Origin :
  • "noose for catching animals," late Old English, from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse snara "noose, snare," related to soenri "twisted rope," from Proto-Germanic *snarkho (cf. Middle Dutch snare, Dutch snaar, Old High German snare, German Schnur "noose, cord," Old English snear "a string, cord"). Figuratively from c.1300.
  • noun trap
  • verb catch, trap
Example sentences :
  • You are, indeed, fortunate in having escaped from the snare he laid for you.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • And when he saw I was not to be led, he endeavoured to drive me into the snare.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete » by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
  • Which does not mean, however, that they are far from the snare.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • It is a snare in which souls of average virtue often become entangled.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • Let not his natural affections be as the snare of the fowler unto his feet.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Is this yere a snare you're settin' for this innocent child?
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • All life was corrupt, he had been taught; art was corrupt, a snare, a delusion.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • He pushed boldly on into the narrow streets, which received him like a trap or a snare.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • So what does this awful villain do but lay a snare for them.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • I saw the snare, and my self-respect prevented my being caught in it.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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