Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Snarl
Snarl at pleasure, like a stoic.
—Earl of Chesterfield
Snarl like a monster at meat.
—Hamlin Garland
Snarled like an old dog.
—Maurice Hewlett
Snarling like the hound a wolf has checked.
—Victor Hugo
Snarled like Malemutes over a mildewed bone.
—Robert W. Service
Snarl like Guthrie for the public weal.
—Tobias Smollett