Sentence examples for snap shut from inspiring English sources

"snap shut" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to close or shut something quickly and with a sharp sound. Example: The door to the old attic snapped shut behind me, leaving me in complete darkness.

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The doors snap shut.

Might it snap shut like a clapperboard?

The lid wouldn't snap shut to keep the puppet inside.

"When something touches their feet they may snap shut and grab prey".

The woman opens the screen door and knocks, and then lets it snap shut.

"No Babies Trap," he said, and demonstrated how they would snap shut on a soldier's penis.

The safe ones snap shut at once if they've been prized open with a fork.

Mr. Updike said he admired "that open-ended Zen quality they have, the way they don't snap shut".

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His notebook snaps shut.

The doors then snapped shut.

The "bubble" is snapping shut around him.

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