Example Sentences

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Maybe people who feel sniffily could continue to wear a mask when they venture out — though I’d really prefer they stay home, on pain of social shunning.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

In his otherwise probing “The Romantic Generation,” Charles Rosen sniffily titled his chapter on the composer “Mendelssohn and the Invention of Religious Kitsch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2020

The first series was received sniffily by the critics but the viewing figures were massive for a new comedy show.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2012

Dampier swiftly disappeared again after sniffily concluding there were "too many flies" and, as the film relays, the miners argue that Red Dog should be honoured instead.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012

“Professor Dumbledore says you are to be allowed to go,” she said sniffily, as though in her opinion Professor Dumbledore didn’t realize how risky feasts could be.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling