Example Sentences

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Infectious disease experts say there are a number of factors fueling this hot, sneezy summer.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021

In 1918, the city held a parade to advertise war bonds, and the close proximity of sneezy spectators accelerated an outbreak of the deadly Spanish flu.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2018

Her father had even playfully nicknamed her ogbanje when she was little because she was always the one sniffling, sneezy, and sent to bed any time the peri flowers bloomed.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018

This longing for marriage, she speculates, is the psychological cause of the chronic cold that makes her so adorably sneezy and adenoidal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2015

Lord Fredrick was in the midst of vigorously scolding some unfortunate person; his voice was hoarse and froggy, and now and then he made an odd, sneezy, barky sort of sound.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood