sniff at
Example Sentences
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What he lacked was a modicum of a chance, a sniff at goal.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
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
I thought she was just going to sniff at me again, but she almost smiled.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
