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
So in the interest of self-improvement, I open my pack of what look like markers and sniff at them one by one.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025
The child of today, spoiled for choice in targeted programming, might sniff at the old shows, but a CGI “Pufnstuf,” which happily no one has proposed, would be all but pointless, and potentially depressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023
Stray dogs wander across a disused dry dock and sniff at piles of rusted metal.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2022
We are quite uppish and sniff at the tinned stuff in the supply dump, we want fresh vegetables.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
