Example Sentences

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At one point I asked Ms. Sappingfield about a serial cougher and sniffler we heard in the middle distance.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

This baffles me — and I am an inveterable sniffler and blubberer at sad films.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2011

Wal," called her father, sarcastically, as she approached, "what's thet ol' sniffler want?

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

At length the sniffler reached us, and the sharp little vessel began to speak, as the rushing sound through the water is called; while the wind sang like an Eolian harp through the taut weather—rigging.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael

And a mild sniffler of punch, on getting into the hotel last night, I found what my friend Mr. Wegg calls, "Mellering, sir, very mellering."

From Yesterdays with Authors by Fields, James T.