snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
snuffly
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a word derived from
snuffle.
Example Sentences
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I like the possible aliens – snuffly things that cling to cliffs.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2010
Much better are small, snuffly dogs with a good scent and a spirit of cooperation.
From Time Magazine Archive
For sponsors Kent had his Brothers York and Wales, the latter with a snuffly cold.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is somewhat relieved she’s gone: her voiceless, colorless weeping, snuffly and monotonous, was beginning to get to him.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
She did not look at Pin, but she heard her tireless, snuffly weeping, and set her own lips tight.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
