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Recent Examples of sniffle
Michtom persisted, ending up, in 1937, with a doll that could drink, sniffle, cry, and pee into a diaper that little girls delighted in changing.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The blinds closed at 10:37 a.m., but the microphone remained on, broadcasting sounds of shuffling and sniffling.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025
The ballroom erupted with cheers and audible sniffling from so many reduced to tears.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Han appeared to choke up at times and sniffled while giving her statement.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The blinds closed at 10:37 a.m., but the microphone remained on, broadcasting sounds of shuffling and sniffling.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025
The ballroom erupted with cheers and audible sniffling from so many reduced to tears.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Han appeared to choke up at times and sniffled while giving her statement.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniffle
Verb
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On the other end, the Rockets were a complete mess, dissolving in two whining technical fouls in the third quarter that sealed their fate.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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This is why all the whining and complaining from small market teams across the sport is manipulative nonsense.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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But Flynn also oozes sniveling self-righteousness while hotly defending and petitioning for childhood innocence (amusing hints emerge that the daughter is a somewhat lazy and dim underachiever).—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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Downey redirects all his Tony Stark smarm into this portrait of a sniveling, jealous political worm, a marvelous capstone to his Hollywood comeback story.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
15 Mar. 2026
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Back in the kitchen, the Plums and Greens all huddle around a sobbing Miriam to offer their support.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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Rory McIlroy is the Masters champion again, this time without falling to his knees on the 18th green and sobbing over finally achieving his lifelong dream.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Though the arrest took place in 2023, the case faced new scrutiny in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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This uber-neurotic comedian, actor, writer and now recording artist has spent the better part of two decades making audiences laugh, cringe, and cry, often within the same breath.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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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Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2024
Verb
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As the timer passed seven minutes, Steve Eckert exhorted a whimpering young man to dunk his head underwater.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The three added their flowers to the memorial and embraced each other as Annie Guthrie appeared to softly whimper.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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In July 2024, Hilaria wept alongside her husband when a Santa Fe judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec after ruling that the prosecution had concealed evidence from his legal team.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Soon, their parents began to weep.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The baby bawled, the women and girls tiptoed, and at last Lina and the Brown family reached the ground and ran across the street.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Besides playing the original Lehman brothers, the three actors also play the men’s wives, sons, in-laws, politicians, business partners, tech bros and even a bawling baby.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sniffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffle. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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