Example Sentences
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At the premiere, fans sang along to the classics and sniffled during “Younger You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Alana Gee had tears in her eyes and sniffled as the verdict was read.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
She sniffled and paused frequently to contain emotions that threatened to derail her intentions.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
Subsequent jurors held back tears, or sniffled, their faces distraught.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
She sniffled and nodded, but Papa wasn’t taking no sniffling and nodding.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
