Example Sentences

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Search dogs have been sniffing through the rubble and rescuers are listening closely for any signs of life, but hope of finding more survivors is fading.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023

Major labels, luxury fashion houses and experimental television creators have been sniffing around.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

Ambitious cooks have been sniffing around the city’s watering holes for some time, but in the last year they formed a small stampede.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015

Most disappointing player Big clubs have been sniffing around Christian Eriksen for quite some time now but if they followed him at Euro 2012 he may end up somewhere like, er, Rangers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2012

I supposed she must have been sniffing around, wanting to get a whiff of my science project for next year.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas