Example Sentences

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"Where is Bab?" demanded Tom, who had been nosing around the room like a terrier.

From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Crane, Laura Dent

Alan had been nosing around among the rocks as they talked, getting nearer and nearer to the fall, and now he suddenly disappeared, and for a few moments Jean was quite alone in the woods.

From The Scotch Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch

The sheriff who had been nosing about the fireplace turned and came over to the window, sliding up the shade with a motion and looking out into the dark orchard.

From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston

By this time the moose, which had been nosing under the snow to get the mosses which grow there, and on which it feeds, lifted its immense head with the sweeping horns.

From The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska by Webster, Frank V.

Before she could answer, Rag, the Irish terrier, who had been nosing disconsolately about on the barren rock, suddenly lost his head.

From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick