sneezed; sneezing
: to make a sudden violent spasmodic audible expiration of breath through the nose and mouth especially as a reflex act
sneezer
noun
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Examples of sneeze in a Sentence
Verb
She was constantly sneezing and coughing.
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Andrés Henao, The Conversation, 7 June 2026
All the readers are sneezing, sniffling, congested, feverish, or hacking up a lung.
—Blythe Roberson, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
However, viral content does not move around the Internet involuntarily; a viral meme cannot be passed along invisibly with someone’s sneeze, for example.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
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Verb
Measles, flu and COVID-19 – the bigger dangers The more likely threats for soccer fans attending the World Cup are respiratory infections — illnesses spread by coughing, sneezing and breathing in crowded spaces.
—Andrés Henao, The Conversation, 7 June 2026
All the readers are sneezing, sniffling, congested, feverish, or hacking up a lung.
—Blythe Roberson, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Noun
However, as seen in a video shared on social media by The Telegraph, 12-year-old Prince George appeared to suppress a sneeze as the final notes played.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
However, viral content does not move around the Internet involuntarily; a viral meme cannot be passed along invisibly with someone’s sneeze, for example.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
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“Sneeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneeze. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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