sniffed in English

verb
1
draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a smell, to stop it from running, or to express contempt.
his dog sniffed at my trousers

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1. She sniffed and looked woebegone.

2. Paulo sniffed into his pillow.

3. 1 Margaret sniffed miserably and nodded.

4. Also, I sniffed glue, and experimented with marijuana.

5. The maid, still in tears, sniffed monotonously.

6. 20 She sniffed, trying to keep back the tears.

7. The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger.

8. The young hedgehog sniffed at the food.

9. The dog sniffed at the bone then went away.

10. He sniffed it, shook his head, and walked away!

11. ♪ He sniffed and roared and smelled her there ♪

12. It sniffed at the ground and stood, dejected, motionless.

13. She put her face down and sniffed the rose.

14. Primmie sniffed once more, gulped, and then Blurted forth the explanation

15. Jackson sniffed the air like an animal taking a spoor.

16. Sniffed fumes are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, giving an almost instant reaction.

17. 15 Sniffed alone, the underarm odours smelled equally strong to men and women.

18. “I was addicted to alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, and I sniffed glue.

19. 4 A large, tabby cat came in, sniffed round his shoes then jumped up on his lap.

20. Bergamot is second only to lavender in its ability to relax brain waves when sniffed

21. She bent very close to them and sniffed the fresh scent of the damp earth.

22. Butane gas and aerosols may be sniffed from bags , but are sometimes sprayed directly into the mouth .

23. He went across and stroked the nape of her neck, and she sniffed and stiffened and then relaxed.

24. She stalked, stiff-legged like a wolf, into the darkling garden and like a wolf she sniffed the air.

25. ‘Arnie pointed at a fat Brindle cat sitting on top of a stack of hardbacks.’ ‘Both fawn and Brindle boxers frequently sport white markings.’ ‘He was a deep ginger color, with darker chocolaty Brindle markings.’ ‘A spotted one sniffed left, a Brindle one sniffed right.’

26. ‘Arnie pointed at a fat Brindle cat sitting on top of a stack of hardbacks.’ ‘Both fawn and Brindle boxers frequently sport white markings.’ ‘He was a deep ginger color, with darker chocolaty Brindle markings.’ ‘A spotted one sniffed left, a Brindle one sniffed right.’

27. She displayed no grief, no emotion, but merely sniffed at the carcass of her remaining dead cub —and then devoured it.

28. Then he sat back on his haunches and sniffed the air, holding his paws in the air for quiet.

29. Wurman observes: “Advertising agencies have declared war on our senses with a barrage of ads that demand to be looked at, heard, sniffed, and touched.”

30. But when he set the water before it, it sniffed at the offering curiously and at last Bestirred itself, nosing down into the water.

31. Amyl A substance that resembles a hard 3 inch shoe lace that is broken in half and sniffed for heart patients, effects bring joy and excitement

32. Definition of Avidly in an excited or enthusiastic manner Examples of Avidly in a sentence Airport police became suspicious of a passenger after one of the drug dogs Avidly sniffed his carry-on bag

33. ‘For those Bookworms, there is a library with a vast collection.’ ‘A usually harmless crowd of Bookworms was being searched with metal detectors and sniffed by police dogs.’ ‘On the other hand, I am something of a bookworm, and nothing appeals to a bookworm more than the opportunity to show off your intellectual brilliance.’

34. Cliches: the bad guys of the English language, overused, abused, and sniffed at by school teachers? Or do they receive bad press? Are they actually an irreplaceable form of linguistic shorthand? Betty Kirkpatrick, an editor of Roget's Thesaurus, has exhaustively researched and compiled a list of our most common phrases, presented alphabetically.