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For SNARE, below is one of 32 sentences:
It is a snare which the innocent maiden sets unknown to herself, and in which she captures hearts without either wishing or knowing it.

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 Meanings and Examples of SNARE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
snare
 n.  trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  It is a snare which the innocent maiden sets unknown to herself, and in which she captures hearts without either wishing or knowing it.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING
2  Every moment the vigorous and agile young ruffian indulged in the twitchings of a wild beast caught in a snare.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
3  "The snare is rather MALADROIT for the cardinal," replied the young man, smiling.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
4  Oh, I saw the snare, and I answered you would be quite in despair on your return.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
5  Yes, monsieur, and it was he who taught me to lay a snare and ground a line.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
6  While yet young, unfortunately handsome, I was dragged into a snare.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
7  The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  So, unless they swallowed the wire itself, or made loops of it to snare the fishes with, I don't see what good their extravagant salary could be to them.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
9  Miss Prism says that all good looks are a snare.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
10  They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
11  Spada turned pale, as Caesar looked at him with an ironical air, which proved that he had anticipated all, and that the snare was well spread.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
12  Even thus early had the child saved her from Satan's snare.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
13  He followed in the steps of a flying coward, and fell into a snare.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
14  Invisible combatants were entrenched at every corner of the street; snares of the sepulchre concealed in the density of night.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER II—AN OWL'S VIEW OF PARIS
15  Man, nevertheless, spread his snares, consecrated by intelligence, and finally conquered these monsters.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
Example Sentence:
1  He fell into a snare laid by his enemy.
2  The rabbit's foot was caught in a snare.
3  Given data which are free from bias there are further snares to avoid in statistical work.
4  The legal system is full of snares for those who are not wary.
5  An old fox is not easily snared.