snotty

Example Sentences

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My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

A strong constitution also helps, faced with the hacking coughs and snotty noses of a particularly bad flu' season.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

"There are thousands of them together, all coughing and splattering," Bamford said, adding that the seals are also particularly "snotty".

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

My seventh-grade main character, Drew, has crushes on both "boy and girl characters" in film, but thinks kissing and holding hands are akin to exchanging a snotty tissue.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

She was too charming and all to be snotty.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger