Example Sentences

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He probably would have sniffed out the danger to prevent Dembele's winner last week, and ought to track the PSG midfielders more intelligently than Merino was able to.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Should Kliavkoff, whose tenure began July 1, 2021, have sniffed this out?

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022

One dog may have gotten zero positives among the five samples; another could have sniffed five samples that were all positive.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2020

We have sniffed the air and turned sensibly away from the cliff.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2017

Hearing the discussion, Peter Jahrling chose not to mention to the general that he might have sniffed just a little bit of it.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston