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Recent Examples of sniffle
The creature, with its small eyes, a pink, sniffling nose, and gray spikes that did not hurt but only tickled, did not have a name.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Others may be sniffling all the time due to year-round allergies.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Libby sniffles before turning the camera and walking ahead while Abby says something else, also inaudible, in the background.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Was Carolina sniffling loudly on purpose so Grant couldn’t ignore her tears?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Others may be sniffling all the time due to year-round allergies.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Libby sniffles before turning the camera and walking ahead while Abby says something else, also inaudible, in the background.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Was Carolina sniffling loudly on purpose so Grant couldn’t ignore her tears?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniffle
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Supercharger whine simply never gets old, and after burning through over half a tank of gas in one sitting, coolant temps never got anywhere near concerning.—
Peter Nelson,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Her electric single calls for slow whining on a humid summer night to Ragee and The Elements’ percussive beat.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Dae-ho then pulls his blade out and slashes at Gi-hun’s arm, abandoning his sniveling demeanor to scream that Gi-hun is the one who is responsible for killing everyone.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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In league with its sniveling human colleague Gabriel (Esai Morales, cackling with evil intent as if being paid by the cackle), The Entity is hacking into the world’s nuclear defense systems and taking control of the missiles, one paralyzed and panicking nation at a time.—
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune,
Boston Herald,
22 May 2025
Verb
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Early on in Perfect Match season 3, Rachel sobbed after Clayton broke the news about their split.—
Joelle Goldstein,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Van Wessel’s picture is of two teen-age friends of Yuliya and Anna’s, clutching each other, or maybe holding each other up, their eyes closed, clearly sobbing, standing over an open casket.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Parents are stressed, and kids are coming home crying.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
29 July 2025
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Yuhua says upon entering the competition, while other footage includes queens proudly standing atop the Werk Room tables, and, of course, crying.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
Verb
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In front of them, warthogs snuffled around in the grass.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2010
Verb
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But after that leadoff bang, the Red Sox whimpered through the next four innings.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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In the ward of whimpering children, Susan Martine from South Sudan cares for her 2-year-old daughter, who has sores after swelling caused by severe malnutrition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
Verb
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On Thursday, the victim’s mother, Mal Elliot, wept in the gallery as Califf admitted to fatally shooting her son.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2025
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Some mourners openly wept, burying their faces in the Palestinian flags wrapped around the bodies.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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King Princess is on a mission to make her enemies bawl their eyes out.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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Thirty minutes later the dogs both shot off the righthand side of the road, bawling and running in high gear.—
Mike Combs,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2025
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“Sniffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffle. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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