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Recent Examples of sniffle
The ballroom erupted with cheers and audible sniffling from so many reduced to tears.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.
—Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
The music mogul looked at his sniffling children with his head in his hands.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 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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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.
—Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
The music mogul looked at his sniffling children with his head in his hands.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 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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Or get ready for a lot of groaning and whining.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
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With LeBron James buying into a supporting actor role, the Lakers are a legitimate threat because Doncic is more focused on scoring buckets than whining to officials.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
20 Mar. 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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Faced with the sniveling sum of these failures, Garfield is startled but compassionate.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Haugh buried his head in the hardwood and sobbed.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Liaw replied with a string of sobbing-face emojis, the indictment states, and then kept working with Chang and Sun, authorities say.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Jamaica born About a hundred people gathered to lay Wilson to rest, singing, crying and laughing while remembering his kind heart, his hard work and his famous barbecue ribs and chicken wings.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Kennedy, a tow truck operator, cried too.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 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
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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
Verb
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Life-sized statues of Jesus crucified, the weeping Virgin Mary, and representations of scenes from the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus' torture and death on a cross are carried in large processions in different parts of the world.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sonically, the track (produced and composed by Gavilan) is a melancholic grassroots folk song accompanied by weeping guitar riffs and a heart-pounding cajón.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
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Crowds of hundreds with their heads lowered bawled loudly in unison; others fell to the ground and shook in their grief.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Specifically, during a phone call Sullivan had with Eric after the ordeal, which marked a low point for the series as Eric launched into a verbal tirade while cameras captured Sullivan crumpled into a bawling heap.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Sniffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffle. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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