How to Use snafu in a Sentence

snafu

noun
  • That’s the best way to avoid any snafus.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Andy Cohen has a good sense of humor about his recent style snafu.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • United are now clever enough to use the second half of matches to avoid any snafus a slow first half put them in.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There was a bit of a royal snafu this week, which was later called out on social media.
    — Staff Author, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • Netflix apologized for the snafu, filmed the reunion and aired it the next day.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The final show seemed to be marred by technical snafus, with stray sounds and glitches.
    — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • Then there was the whole identical album art snafu, which has been resolved.
    — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • An early snafu involved an issue with the lip treatments.
    — Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
  • The movement snafu allowed the audience to laugh and see themselves as part of the fun.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In an attempt to fix his text snafu, a panicking Lowe sent a second text.
    — EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Iowa, which was kicked out of the window completely, also has a legal snafu ahead of them.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The cellphone data snafu could catch up to Jones in multiple ways, too.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • In any case, this censorship snafu, though soon sorted out, was not what the occasion called for.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Blockchain snafu aside, lavish parties were thrown left and right in the best traditions of the nouveau riche.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • With the wide use of Waymo across the country, there have been snafus that some customers have brought up through the years.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And while it's supposed to be all fun and games, one etiquette snafu can leave a bad taste in the mouths of hostesses and brides-to-be alike.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The crowd was undaunted by the technical snafu.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Napier’s tenure was also stained by one of the biggest snafus of the name, image and likeness era.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That concert snafu happened nearly seven months ago.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Panch said, after Radcliffe's snafu.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Musk even mocked the Texas utility responsible for the snafu in a tweet.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Now that it has been fully restored, keep your wooden cutting board in tip-top shape by avoiding these common snafus.
    — Staff Author, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If the government’s aim was to avoid any snafus, that modest mission was accomplished.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The action set pieces are nerve-wracking, but that screenplay snafu is too significant.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Politicians on both sides of the aisle are blaming each other for the shutdown and ensuing travel snafus.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Goodell got wind of the snafu and invited Eaton to visit him in his suite during halftime.
    — Carol Cain, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Ben Affleck rolled out his latest project with a minor snafu that made for a funny moment at its premiere.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Achieving perfection takes a lot of work and according to Stylez, there was a little snafu along the way.
    — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 3 May 2022
  • After Arkansas scored in the wake of the punt snafu, the Hogs went for two to try and cut it to a field goal margin.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 1 Oct. 2022
  • That comes amid supply chain snafus and growing competition.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025

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