Sniffed
[snift]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Sniff
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Examples
- When I had done he opened them indolently, took his silver smelling-bottle from the table, and sniffed at it with an air of gentle relish. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Laurie meanwhile posted off to comfort Amy, and told his story so well that Aunt March actually 'sniffed' herself, and never once said I told you so. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Can you--' she sniffed, and sniffed at the bottle--'can you smell bilberries? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Everybody sniffed when they came to that part. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- For fully twenty minutes the brute alternately sniffed and tore at the door, occasionally giving voice to a wild, savage cry of baffled rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As we approached them they sniffed our unfamiliar scent and with squeals of rage circled about us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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