snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
had snuffled
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past perfectof snuffle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Had it not been better to have whipt off half their noses, though they had snuffled for it, than to have covered their faces with scrubbing-brushes?
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
History was repeating itself, for Leonie, with great dry sobs shaking her from head to feet, was snuffling into Jan Cuxson's collar as she had snuffled into his father's years ago.
From Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest
