Example Sentences

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In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

I’m mulling my next book project and have nosed around a few topics.

From Fox News • Jul. 9, 2019

Since the dams have come down, some of the sturgeon have nosed upstream into the newly free-flowing river.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2016

Educators observe that "professionals" have nosed parents out of the school system but believe parents should help set educational policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Come, speak out, old woman," cried another of the men; "have you or your imp there got any inkling that the Custom House blackguards have nosed the job.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)