Verb She sniffed and wiped her nose with a tissue. She put perfume on her wrist and sniffed it. The dog sniffed the carpet. He held the flower up to his nose and sniffed. “I guess you don't need my help,” she sniffed. Noun She said that she felt fine, but her sniffs and coughs told a different story. “I refuse to answer that question,” she said with a sniff. He wanted to avoid the slightest sniff of a scandal. There was still a sniff of hope left for the team. See More
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That’s nothing to sniff at, and that’s hard for someone like me who is always up against the major labels. Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022 And Ukraine’s success in raising money and commanding the attention of crypto’s masses has been nothing to sniff at. Emily Nicolle, Bloomberg.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Ever the motivated employees, the beagles prefer it this way: every carousel crammed with luggage to sniff.New York Times, 23 July 2022 Ever the motivated employees, the beagles prefer it this way: every carousel crammed with luggage to sniff. Linda Qiu, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 Eventually, Sassy came over to the stranger — first, to sniff them, then to bogart hot dogs from their hand. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2022 Instead, the best way to put it on is to spray from an appropriate distance (about six inches), wait for the cologne to naturally dry, and then sniff it to experience the fragrance's top notes. Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes, 1 June 2022 Examine creek samples for the tiny New Zealand mud snail, then watch the Canine Detectors sniff them out. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022 With nearly 10 lined up before us, David and I sniff and read labels and taste. Tamar Adler, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022
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Cut stem end off 1 chili and give the cut end a careful sniff. J. J. Goode, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2022 Intrigued, the others flocked to my desk to give me a sniff. Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 26 July 2022 Here are eight assumptions about diet, exercise and sleep that fail to meet the sniff test. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 July 2022 As is the case for many mammals, your instant bond may have developed right after the first sniff. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022 Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have an NFL job, not even a sniff, and his recent tryout with the Raiders may have been a sham. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2022 Eyes scan, noses sniff, and fingers press, but these sense organs are always picking up stimuli that already exist in the wider world. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 McLain pitched in only ten seasons, going 131-91, and never got a sniff of Cooperstown.BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2021 Instead, this fragrance is floral forward from the first sniff to the lingering undertones. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 June 2022 See More