snuck up

past participle of sneak up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuck up
Verb
  • My mother had already arrived from her home in California and was on the landing greeting condolence callers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Undefeated Golden State arrived in Oregon’s largest city late Thursday night ready to play its first back-to-back of the season.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Local media reported that seven of the defendants had turned up for the trial, while Brigitte Macron did not attend in person and was represented instead by her lawyers.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And last month, Nader turned up at the Daily Media Awards in Saint Laurent’s Casanova slingback pumps in black patent leather.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Major outfits like Warner Records felt too big, but when representatives from Big Loud Texas showed up to a bar show in College Station, the group found its match.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Bachelor Nation showed up in full force including Ben Higgins, Kelley Flanagan, Andrew Firestone, Catherine Giudici Lowe, Zach Shallcross and Kaity Biggar, Connor Saeli, and Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Snuck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuck%20up. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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