Literary notes about snapped (AI summary)
The word "snapped" is deployed with remarkable versatility, often signifying an abrupt, decisive action or reaction. It is used to capture everything from a sharp verbal retort—as when a character cuts off an interlocutor with a brisk, dismissive tone ([1], [2], [3])—to a sudden physical break such as a twig or cable yielding under tension ([4], [5], [6], [7]). At times, it denotes the instant when nerves or resolve give way ([8], [9], [10]), while in other contexts it vividly paints a picture of swift movement, whether an animal rapidly seizing a morsel ([11], [12]) or a moment of transformation where bonds are broken irreparably ([13], [14]). In each usage, "snapped" injects the narrative with immediacy and dynamism, enhancing both the physical and emotional landscapes of the text.
- “Then you can't get anything here,” snapped the other.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - 'Catch 'im,' he snapped, with a bloodshot widening of his eyes and a flash of sharp teeth—'catch 'im. Give 'im to us.'
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - I believe in democracy—” “No, you don’t,” she snapped.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster - The small twigs snapped and fell about me in showers.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - In these the ship was tossed about like a ball, until finally the cable snapped.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen - One hinge snapped, then the other, and down came the door with a crash.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - At that place the mooring-rope snapped and we lost an anchor.
— from A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 - Miss Polly's nerves had snapped at last.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter - ‘I don’t want your help,’ she snapped; ‘I can get them for myself.’
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - “You know nothing about it,” she snapped irritably.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Desire flung him the oat cake, which the great dog instantly snapped up, and the young Prince passed quietly on.
— from The Red Fairy Book - Swiftly running across the field came a fox, who, in an instant, had snapped up poor little Tom.
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - 98 99 100 PART IV 101 (16) My Return The chains of the rigorous regime which had bound me snapped for good when I set out from home.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - At this thought, all the bonds were snapped which bound her to the world.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore