sniffles
Britishplural noun
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a cold in the head
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the sniffling that sometimes accompanies weeping or prolonged crying
Example Sentences
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If you want a place to start, here’s the hippie bowl I keep making lately — the one that’s been getting me through gray days and lingering sniffles.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.
From BBC • May 5, 2025
To deliver sentiment, the film instead relies on a score that sniffles as though a racehorse is being taken out to get shot.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
And if you must leave the house and go anywhere there’s a crowd and have symptoms such as sniffles, “wear a mask,” Ovsepyan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
It started with a hacking cough and the sniffles.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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