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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
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
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
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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
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
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
Verb
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There are people who are afraid, based on instinct or experience, and people who are allergic; people who cannot tolerate the crotch sniffing; people who simply believe that dogs, regardless of their position in the family, should not encroach on indoor space.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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Last July, a K-9 sniffed out $1 million worth of cocaine in a Chicago drug bust.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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However, as warmer temperatures approach, other respiratory infections and allergy symptoms are expected to take over, with more coughing and sniffling on the horizon.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The naysayers decried the acting as overripe, sniffing instead of sniffling.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The plucky kid who seemingly had a fast-track job and a beyond-dreams wife is now desperately snorting it all away.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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May snorted when asked if May tripped Yaxel Lendeborg.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The caterer’s dead daughter, Marketa, is sung by Vilma Jää, an ethno-pop performer whose forays into Finnish folk techniques have her slinging her voice up into thrillingly high engine-whines.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
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For the puppy, leaving its mother and littermates can be stressful at first, and crying or whining is normal.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When Back Sleeping Isn’t the Move People with obstructive sleep apnea or chronic snoring should avoid it.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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People with obstructive sleep apnea or chronic snoring should be especially cautious, because gravity can pull the tongue and soft palate backward and block the airway.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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For another person, having the flaws in one’s assumptions dissected before an audience of peers might have snuffed out any curiosity about human evolution.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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But the facility wasn’t up to snuff for NASCAR to return in 2014 — a product of the facility getting worse with time — and at that point, the racing seemed forever lost.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Williams sobbed in court as the verdict was read.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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As each mourner spoke, some holding back tears and others sobbing, Metayer’s family watched in loving silence.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Snuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffle. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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