sniffed

past tense of sniff
as in smelled
to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose a curious cat sniffing the flowers in the garden

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Verb
  • Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car.
    Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Officers patrolling on an upper level of the subway station then smelled and saw smoke, and went to investigate, according to Tisch.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • When inhaled, this leads to symptoms such as irritation and inflammation.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Public health officials said human infections with H5 can happen when the virus gets in a person’s eyes, nose, mouth or is inhaled from close or prolonged exposure to sick animals or their environments.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • Archaeologists identified one section of ruins as a mining factory where stones were crushed, passed through a filtration system, then put into smelting ovens in order to extract gold.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Up to 4,000 years ago in the Yellow River Valley, craftspeople were smelting tin, copper and lead into bronze goblets, and Shang dynasty nobles drank rice wine from these ornate cups.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Sniffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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