snuffling

Definition of snufflingnext
present participle of snuffle

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Images posted to the hacking group’s Telegram account included a picture of Patel sniffing a cigar and posing for photos.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t think bluebloods wouldn’t come sniffing around Austin to grab the Miller magic.
    Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Part of it is [capturing] the color of light in the morning or the sound of drones whining in the air.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Mouth breathing is also closely tied to snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, both of which compound the cardiovascular risk over time.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Scientifically speaking, snoring is just a vibration.
    Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Faced with the sniveling sum of these failures, Garfield is startled but compassionate.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In these examples at the London Stadium, Yoro’s positioning initially cuts off the option to square a pass, pushing the player to have to keep the ball and shoot, before snuffing that out with a block.
    Ian Irving, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a large tent, veterinarians and volunteers work together to place an IV into the leg of a small, whimpering puppy.
    Tavleen Tarrant, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The new efforts in air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) systems promise to revolutionize how satellites operate—especially in extremely low Earth orbits.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Urban also used a combination of fentanyl and Versed, which is known to cause patients to stop breathing and have low blood oxygen and requires careful monitoring, according to a 1990 study in the medical journal Anesthesiology.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Body-cam footage, included at the end of Mormon Wives’s pilot episode, showed Paul on the front porch, sobbing and barely able to breathe.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Snuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffling. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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