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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
Verb
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The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sales exceptions seem to be backlist dystopian fiction and books by and for the fascists, that is, right-wing memoir and culture war whining.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 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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His three children and U.S. citizen wife sobbed in the car.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
31 July 2025
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Myrtle Cook of Canada sobbed almost out of control.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Cena even blamed Truth for making that kid in Brussels cry.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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By this point four women had left the room, one crying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 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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Some saluted, others wept and some bowed their heads as the casket, draped in the American flag, was carried to the front of the stage.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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My filet was cooked to a picture-perfect medium with a shock of glistening butter weeping down the sides.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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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 21 Aug. 2025.
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