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 Conquest, Joan

Every body was snuffling kind of quiet, 'cause we can't help it.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

Standing upright, framed by the doorframe, was a huge, shaggy, ragged looking bear, and he was snuffling and whining as bears do when they want something.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher