snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
was snuffling
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past progressiveof snuffle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The family dog was snuffling at the front door, and one of the sheriff’s deputies asked if he could let it outside.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
Orr was snuffling and sneezing with a crippling head cold.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
History was repeating itself, for Leonie, with great dry sobs shaking her from head to feet, was snuffling into Jan Cuxson's collar as she had snuffled into his father's years ago.
From Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest
The old man was snuffling, and a tear or two rolled down his red face, gathered the damp already there and fell.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
Tom was snuffling, now, himself—and more in pity of himself than anybody else.
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. by Mark Twain
