How to Use sniffle in a Sentence

sniffle

1 of 2 verb
Definition of snifflenext
Synonyms for snifflenext
  • Flatlip rocked in his chair, sniffled and wiped his nose with a tissue.
    — Julian Hattem, Fox News, 8 May 2018
  • Dotson and Hunter Dale knelt in front of the Cougar statue, sniffling.
    — Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • No wails or cries pierced the air in the church; mourners quietly sniffled and wiped away gentle tears in pews.
    — Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Do high pollen counts turn you into a sneezing, sniffling mess?
    — Julia Naftulin, Health.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • After the lid was on, one of the pallbearers threw his glove to the ground and stormed off, lifting up his sunglasses, wiping his eyes, sniffling.
    — Sarah M. Broom, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The amount of sniffling and crying heard in theaters during the aftermath of this scene is off the charts for a moment that many people know is coming.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 July 2019
  • Irvin removed his eyeglasses, wiped his eyes and sniffled, as witness Bryn Davis spoke.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sleep deprived and sniffling, but still determined to make the most of the team’s final hours in Monterey, Prakash decides to immerse more traps at an abalone farm in the harbor.
    — Emily Underwood, The Atlantic, 8 June 2020
  • As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
  • A group hug leads to tears and the scene everyone remembers: the entire sniffling huddle shuffling to Mary’s desk for tissues.
    — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Even after everything else opens back up, who is going to want to sit shoulder to shoulder or back to back with strangers who might sniffle or cough in the winter?
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2020
  • At Belmont United Methodist Church, teary sniffling filled the background as vigil attendees sang, knelt in prayer and lit candles.
    — Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • At Belmont United Methodist Church, teary sniffling filled the background as vigil attendees sang, knelt in prayer, and lit candles.
    — Johnathan Mattise, Travis Loller, and Holly Meyer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Who knows what quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be passive-aggressively sniffling about by the end of training camp?
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The only audible sound as the cart was wheeled through was sniffling from family members and spectators.
    — Sam Stanton, sacbee, 24 Jan. 2018
  • In Courtroom 2411, the sound of Kelly’s family members breathing heavily and sniffling filled the room.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • As his aunt spoke about their relationship, McKinney dabbed his eyes with a tissue, sniffling.
    — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Some experts think that the spike in cases may have simply been a result of more people paying attention to every cough, sniffle and runny nose last fall.
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • But his emotions, choking up and sniffling, appeared to overwhelm his testimony at the outset.
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Flu sufferers are likely to spend long hours on the couch sniffling and feeling sorry for themselves, clicking through Netflix and HBO offerings.
    — Jura Koncius, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Workers themselves are not thrilled to be entering households with sniffling children or coughing adults.
    — Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • How a virus could spread Although some sick voters may stay home on Election Day, others will arrive coughing, sneezing and sniffling at their polling location.
    — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
  • There is always someone sneezing, coughing and/or sniffling in our office.
    — Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • To prevent people from sniffling through their trips, he's created a fan that reduces air-sharing – and, consequently, disease-catching – on planes.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 28 May 2017
  • Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere provide plants with more food, making them larger and leading to more pollen, sniffling, and sneezing, research has shown.
    — Lauren Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
  • Local leaders held one more event, a Jan. 22 holiday gala at which musicians and actors were sniffling and sneezing, before the government acknowledged the severity of the problem.
    — Ng Han Guan and Joe McDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Though the novel coronavirus from China has dominated January health headlines, the Cincinnati region and the nation are sniffling, sneezing and coughing their way through a bruising season of influenza.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • An emotional Quan kissed his statue repeatedly and sniffled into the microphone on stage after receiving a standing ovation.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Several times throughout his testimony to Griffin, Murdaugh sniffled and sobbed when describing finding Maggie and Paul’s bodies.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Dr. Antin says this infectious virus causes upper respiratory clinical signs, such as coughing, sniffling, sneezing, upper airway congestion or difficulty breathing.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2017
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sniffle

2 of 2 noun
  • Sniffles echoed through the church as the Mass came to a close.
    — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, 5 June 2017
  • The child nods yes, sniffles and wipes a tear from her eye.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • Go ahead — wash your hands 20 times a day and avoid anyone with the sniffles like the plague.
    — Redbook, 5 Dec. 2010
  • Parts of it came out in bits and pieces — between sobs and sniffles — but not the whole thing.
    — Jesse Newell, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
  • But the only sounds to be heard on this chilly, still night were sniffles.
    — Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Did the sample come from someone who was in the I.C.U. or just home with a sniffle?
    — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • There may have been a faint sniffle coming from right next to her.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The sounds of the season are sprinkled with sniffles, snuffles and snorts.
    — Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Sandra Bullock wasn’t about to let a few sniffles spoil the fun.
    — Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • By the time the reading was over, some sniffles could be heard from the public section of the courtroom.
    — Brian Michael, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • Most children shrug off the virus with little more than a sniffle.
    — Liz Szabo, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
  • View this post on Instagram On the way to the vet because this little one had the sniffles.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2020
  • How one of fashion's biggest trends might be to blame for your sniffles.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 16 May 2017
  • The lobby of my apartment building is alive with the sounds of sniffles and throats being cleared.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And what makes the difference between a case of the sniffles and a deadly disease?
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Aside from sniffles and the occasional sigh, the only sound in the room was when a chess piece is picked up and dropped an inch across the board.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Major sniffles, the good kind, are coming in hot this back-to-school season.
    — Teen Vogue, 13 Aug. 2019
  • With coughs and sniffles abound, many are eager to get the flu vaccine — while others are avoiding the shot like, well, the plague.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • A bigger room downstairs held hundreds more, many of whom had the sniffles.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
  • There is a noise that, these past two years, has acquired the power to turn my blood to ice: my child’s sneeze, followed by a wet sniffle.
    — Elizabeth G. Dunn, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Is that sniffle allergies, or a sign of a deadly pathogen?
    — Louise Radnofsky and Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Children who are sick, even with a minor sniffle, will be required to stay home.
    — USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
  • Cold medicine Don't expect to be able to stockpile Sudafed for your winter sniffles.
    — Lauren Meltzer, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2018
  • It’s not an event on a Friday, not a chance to wear a new outfit and not something that can get canceled by a sniffle.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The only sounds captured in the dramatic video were of the blinking hazard lights, sniffles and tears.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Ten days before Christmas, Caroline, their 5-year-old, woke up with the sniffles and a cough.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Next to him, Charlie Coyle angrily sniffles and rips tape off his calves.
    — Charlotte Wilder, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • And Jon and Alicia won't have to worry anymore about every scrape and sniffle.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2020
  • For the next 114 minutes, howls of laughter — and a few unexpected but welcome sniffles — filled the theater.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
  • Balancing a fog of symptoms, including sniffles and congestion, on top of their heavy workload was a recipe for misery.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023

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