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snuffle

verb

Definition of snufflenext
1
as in to sniff

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2
as in to sniffle

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snuffle Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk. — Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
  1. sniff
  2. sniffle
  3. snort
  4. whine
  5. snore
  6. snivel
  7. snuff
  8. sob
Verb
  • But Jones sniffs out the option run on fourth down and tackle Jake Shockley in the backfield.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Though Leighton appears in front of their home at the end of the episode, the Dessens don’t realize that the MacNamara of their analog world has been sniffing around, too.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sniff
Verb
  • Who among us has not experienced an inability to ignore repetitive tapping, clicking, chewing, smacking, and sniffling?
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Jurors reached for piles of tissues and audibly sniffled in the silence that fell between the audio playback, local outlets reported.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Definition of sniffle
Verb
  • Brylan May, who met McCollough through her legal internship at the Writers Guild of America West in 2024, recalls once seeing McCollough snort a line of cocaine at a party and immediately throw up.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The former Oasis frontman told a particularly funny story about a flare up back in 1994, where a few fans of the band tried to snort his psoriasis.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of snort
Verb
  • Andrew whines about the prattling women who’ve infiltrated his home, firmly establishing that all men are, in fact, terrible.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Still, to Sandy, Joe’s whining is no reason to write him off altogether.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of whine
Verb
  • Reasons range from snoring to mismatched preferences around temperature, bedding, mattress firmness or noise and light levels.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The first is a snoring-and-apnea problem hiding in plain sight.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of snore
Verb
  • Dostoyevsky’s sniveling devil comes closest to portraying the man chiefly responsible for organizing the Final Solution.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Odyssey also features the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron) and Penelope’s sniveling suitor, Antinous (Robert Pattinson), who is seeking to marry the queen and become the ruler of Ithaca.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Definition of snivel
Verb
  • Had the Razorbacks snuffed out the QB sweep, Arkansas would have gotten the ball back with the chance to cut it to a one-score game.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Then Chairman Kevin Warsh delivered a surprise — a decidedly hawkish message that opened the door to additional rate hikes as the central bank looks to snuff out stubbornly high inflation.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of snuff
Verb
  • His family members hugged each other and sobbed, but still declined comment after the sentence.
    — Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The documentary includes an interview with the young man’s mother while he can be heard sobbing off camera.
    — Daniel LaChance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sob

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“Snuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffle. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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