sniff at
Example Sentences
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You can't sniff at his durability either - 37 league appearances, 26 of them starts.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
City’s star striker Erling Haaland, meanwhile, was kept quiet throughout and never had a sniff at goal.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
And YouTube is nothing to sniff at: According to Nielsen, the platform attracts a greater share of streaming users than any other single platform, including Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Stray dogs wander across a disused dry dock and sniff at piles of rusted metal.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
The Labrador began to sniff at Doctor Adams’ shoes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
