sniffle
Example Sentences
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Still, I don’t want to act like a baby, so I nod through my sniffles.
From Literature
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I shifted to my side to get back to sleep, and immediately he grew quieter, stifling his sniffles.
From Literature
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If you want a place to start, here’s the hippie bowl I keep making lately — the one that’s been getting me through gray days and lingering sniffles.
From Salon
It means that this year’s flu shot, Rajnarayanan said, “is not perfect enough to prevent every sniffle.”
From Salon
For the 23-year-old Christmas can be a particularly difficult time as the sounds of other people, chewing, slurping and sniffling make her feel extremely uncomfortable.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.