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snuck
[snuhk]
a past participle and simple past tense of sneak.
snuck
/ ʌ /
verb
not_standarda past tense and past participle of sneak
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Usage
See sneak.
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Example Sentences
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His typical character sketches revolve around a man who’s completely given up on improvement, passing time getting pickled in the same bars he snuck into in high school.
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The first time, before residents were allowed and before the rains, I snuck in.
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The game was paused after someone snuck a drone over the field in the seventh inning.
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Byron stayed up near the wall and snuck through for the victory.
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She added that Nikyra had snuck out with a cousin and friend, who both survived.
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When To Use
's the difference betweensnuck and sneaked?
Both snuck and sneaked are acceptable past tense forms of the verb sneak.Historically, sneaked (which is older) has been the more widely accepted version, with snuck being considered nonstandard, but snuck has a long history of use and is now very common.Sneaked uses the regular past tense ending -ed, while snuck is an irregular verb. Irregular verbs don’t follow a set pattern in the forms of their different tenses, as in take/took/taken and sing/sang/sung.Sneaked is more commonly used (and often preferred) in more formal contexts (though the word sneak itself can sound a bit informal).Here are examples of how snuck and sneaked can be used interchangeably.Example with snuck: When I was a kid, I once snuck into a movie theater, but I got caught.Example with sneaked: When I was a kid, I once sneaked into a movie theater, but I got caught.Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between snuck and sneaked.
Both snuck and sneaked are acceptable past tense forms of the verb sneak.Historically, sneaked (which is older) has been the more widely accepted version, with snuck being considered nonstandard, but snuck has a long history of use and is now very common.Sneaked uses the regular past tense ending -ed, while snuck is an irregular verb. Irregular verbs don’t follow a set pattern in the forms of their different tenses, as in take/took/taken and sing/sang/sung.Sneaked is more commonly used (and often preferred) in more formal contexts (though the word sneak itself can sound a bit informal).Here are examples of how snuck and sneaked can be used interchangeably.Example with snuck: When I was a kid, I once snuck into a movie theater, but I got caught.Example with sneaked: When I was a kid, I once sneaked into a movie theater, but I got caught.Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between snuck and sneaked.
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