Example Sentences

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Anthopoulos, who is vaccinated, had a sniffly nose and tested positive for the coronavirus on the morning of Game 4 in Atlanta.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

If you're sniffly, feeling under the weather or ill and you've ruled out coronavirus it probably means you have a cold.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2021

With cold and flu season in full swing, you might be surrounded by coughing, sniffly co-workers.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2019

As their future turns impossible, the audience grows sniffly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2018

Not the sniffly kind of winter-sick that everyone gets when the leaves change colors, but a real kind of sick.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller