sniff
verb (used without object)
to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
are sniffing
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present progressiveof sniff.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I believe equities are sniffing out the deteriorating credit quality in the $3 trillion of off-balance sheet items being used to finance the AI capex boom.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The skepticism of the AI-chip trade is striking, but the trading on Thursday may indicate that investors are sniffing out a recovery in Android phone sales on the horizon.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
At a time when regulators are stretched and journalists are underfunded, they say, it’s activist short sellers who are sniffing out corporate fraud.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
As for Everton, they can't expect to keep a manager such as Carlo Ancelotti, when a team such as Real Madrid are sniffing and you struggle to get into Europe.
From BBC ● May 16, 2021
And, ten to one, while you are there, the caribou are sniffing your snowshoe track suspiciously back on the barrens that you have just left.
From Wilderness Ways by Charles Copeland
