Example Sentences

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Members of the crowd sniffled and wiped away tears.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

He sniffled as the postgame news conference was about to begin.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Asked by a prosecutor to identify Weinstein in the courtroom, Siebel Newsom covered her face in her hands, sniffled and wiped away tears before pointing to him at the defense table.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Subsequent jurors held back tears, or sniffled, their faces distraught.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2022

She rumpled my curls and sniffled into my hair.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter