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sniff

[snif] / snɪf /
VERB
breathe in
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
hold nose


Example Sentences

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And at the weekend, Aberdeen are coming, sniffing points and smelling blood.

From BBC

She sniffed them, wafting the smell toward her nose with a mitt.

From Literature

To make it happen, the firm turned to Google Cloud, which sent a handful of AI engineers armed with Gemini models to spend a day sniffing floral musk, and then managed to crack the code.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some in the pit lane sniffed a conspiracy here.

From BBC

He has his morning cup of coffee out there while Daisy sniffs around, works her guard duty shifts, and takes in the million-dollar view, which stretches all the way to Santa Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times