Example Sentences

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You were sniffling even before anything much happened onstage.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The ailing men in his room, who had been ill for about two weeks, were sniffling and coughing — tissues and cough medicine strewn about the room, Campagna said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2020

“To feel her loneliness within that crowd of people, who were sniffling or snapping pictures on their smartphones, was very moving,” Mr. Pereira said.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of Americans were sniffling, hacking, running low fevers and complaining that their bones ached.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two women were sniffling, and one man kept staring at his shoes, as though he was waiting for them to untie themselves.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer