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View synonyms for sniff at
sniff at
verb
(intr, preposition) to express contempt or dislike for
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What he lacked was a modicum of a chance, a sniff at goal.
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But Parris came off after an hour, having struggled to implement England's press and having barely had a sniff at goal.
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The mere depiction of men lusting after other men, let alone as something to be celebrated, wasn’t anything to sniff at.
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So in the interest of self-improvement, I open my pack of what look like markers and sniff at them one by one.
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It was about 8:30 p.m. when the spotted beast appeared and stopped to sniff at mountain lion scat before opening its jaw.
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