sniffle
verb (used without object)
to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears.
sniffly
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a word derived from
sniffle.
Example Sentences
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Maria’s brothers, with their perpetual runny noses, are summoned with a sniffly wipe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
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
"To me … you seem like a working actor," Dick Cavett remarked to his sniffly, skeletal guest in 1974.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2016
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
