sniffles
Britishplural noun
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a cold in the head
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the sniffling that sometimes accompanies weeping or prolonged crying
Example Sentences
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If you want a place to start, here’s the hippie bowl I keep making lately — the one that’s been getting me through gray days and lingering sniffles.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.
From BBC • May 5, 2025
To deliver sentiment, the film instead relies on a score that sniffles as though a racehorse is being taken out to get shot.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
You may be spreading virus particles a day or two before your first sniffles appear; this viral shedding can peak two or three days after you develop symptoms.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024
To make matters worse, almost all of them had colds to some extent, and Don Hume’s seemed to be settling into his chest, becoming some-thing more worrisome than a case of the sniffles.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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