snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
are snuffling
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present progressiveof snuffle.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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My felt boots are soaking and squelching, my socks are snuffling.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
The bulls have done their work pretty well for us, and we ought to keep something on hand for the bears; they are snuffling at it already.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
