sniffle
verb (used without object)
to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears.
have sniffled
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present perfectof sniffle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When the cameras picked up Martin Castrogiovanni clinging to Nick Mallett like a kid reunited with his dad in a weepy Christmas movie, I might even have sniffled.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2011
One of them might have sniffled, or whimpered, or I might have made that all up just straining to hear something in the little bubble of silence around us.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
She refused to cry, but she may have sniffled a couple times.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
I thought of the lawyer and the deal he'd give poor Tom, and all at once— You'd have sniffled yourself, Mag Monahan.
From In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson
