Example Sentences

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When the very restaurant that kick-started the revival of British seasonal cooking is nosing around the neighborhood, there can be no better proof that Soho is gastronomically edgy again.

From Time • Jul. 21, 2010

Based in Beaverton, Ore., the company is nosing ahead of its archrival Reebok, which controls about 22% of the market.

From Time Magazine Archive

Land that went for $200 an acre before Disney Day can soar overnight to $100,000 on the rumor that Disney is nosing around.

From Time Magazine Archive

Someone always is nosing about the place for clues.

From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Crane, Laura Dent

The dog is nosing around the room, not in any ostentatious kind of way and not getting himself noticed at all by the other three in the game.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.