snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
were 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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Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton, 47, and New York's former Senator Kenneth Keating, 64, were snuffling in Harrisburg and Washington's Georgetown University Hospital respectively, while guess who at week's end was nursing the latest status symbol?
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a solemn parting and Mr. Gibney and McGuffey were snuffling audibly.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
Snoo and Poo, piled in a heap, were snuffling drowsily.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
The steers, although their pace had not changed, were snuffling in an uncertain fashion, and Wilbur vaguely became conscious that fear was abroad.
From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
