sternutation

Example Sentences

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But more sophisticated observers had already recognised that this was not a sternutation, but the dab, a dance craze that has long since slipped its faddish origins to become a dance staple.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2017

He has a good online following, eager to hear about his latest sternutation, and says he will continue for the rest of his life.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2014

His sneeze count, currently just over 4,000, has a healthy online following as people log in to read about his latest sternutation.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2014

At the first sternutation the rats jumped up and looked about them, evidently considerably alarmed.

From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.

During the season of gathering the pepper, the persons employed are subject to various incommodities, the chief of which is violent and long-continued sternutation or sneezing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various