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Recent Examples of snuffle
In front of them, warthogs snuffled around in the grass.
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
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
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
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
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
Verb
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Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until Isaac appeared to kiss and sniff Chastain's underarm area.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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Miami will need someone to sniff out runs close and makes plays close to the line of scrimmage. ▪ 5.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
Verb
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The newborn started sniffling, coughing, and wheezing.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
4 July 2025
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That’s especially important in South Florida, where people tend to sniffle and sneeze from allergies year-round.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
Verb
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They can be snorted, smoked, injected or taken orally.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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There also was the time Osbourne reportedly snorted live ants instead of cocaine on a whim in a bizarre contest with his band’s opening act, Mötley Crüe.—
Ethan Sacks,
NBC news,
22 July 2025
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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Others take weight-loss drugs to fix the sleep apnea problem, not to mention the myriad other oral devices snorers purchase in hopes of snoring less while sleeping.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Both, however, save some of their advanced features (like AI insights, snoring detection, and gesture controls) for Samsung phones specifically.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 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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Any good dinner party needing a table that’s up to snuff, the Round table is a fantastic option.—
Emma Sandler,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Using a suitcase that isn’t up to snuff could give you a world of trouble when you’re supposed to be having fun.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Myrtle Cook of Canada sobbed almost out of control.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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His three children and U.S. citizen wife sobbed in the car.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
31 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Snuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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