Verb The children have been sniffling for a week now. “In your family's eyes,” she sniffled, “I'm not good enough.” Noun He couldn't stop his sniffles.
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Verb
Some experts think that the spike in cases may have simply been a result of more people paying attention to every cough, sniffle and runny nose last fall.New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
Noun
It’s not an event on a Friday, not a chance to wear a new outfit and not something that can get canceled by a sniffle.Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 Granted, doctors are particularly predisposed to describing even a sniffle or the passing throat twinge in excruciating detail. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 10 May 2022 Becker said that anyone who has Covid-19 symptoms -- even just a sniffle -- should get tested. Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022 Key to that is acknowledging that infections that amount to little more than a sniffle and a cough don’t warrant strenuous efforts to prevent. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 Key to that is acknowledging that infections that amount to little more than a sniffle and a cough don’t warrant strenuous efforts to prevent. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 Key to that is acknowledging that infections that amount to little more than a sniffle and a cough don’t warrant strenuous efforts to prevent. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 Key to that is acknowledging that infections that amount to little more than a sniffle and a cough don’t warrant strenuous efforts to prevent. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 Key to that is acknowledging that infections that amount to little more than a sniffle and a cough don’t warrant strenuous efforts to prevent. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 See More