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Example sentences for "sniffed"

Lexicographically close words:
snickered; snickering; snickers; snide; sniff; sniffing; sniffle; sniffled; sniffling; sniffs
  1. While Applehead sniffed the air and shook his head, Luck was doing everything he could think of to keep things going steadily along to a completion of the production.

  2. When he entered the kitchen and asked Mahailey for warm water to wash his hands, she sniffed him disapprovingly.

  3. As he opened the stair door he sniffed the coffee and frying ham, and when Mahailey bent over the oven the warm smell of browning biscuit rushed out with the heat.

  4. Perfect bliss, Claude reflected, as the chill of the sheets grew warm around his body, and he sniffed in the pillow the old smell of lavender.

  5. How his limbs trembled and his haggard face blackened when the blood-hound wavered in his steady run, and sniffed about uneasily for a lost scent!

  6. HE was sitting on a log; he sniffed the air, and kept glancing uneasily round the wood.

  7. Some one with a black nose sniffed at the bottom of the door, and then locked it.

  8. THE cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.

  9. He sniffed all over each pane, stopping every moment to eye us angrily.

  10. For a time they merely sniffed along the edge; and though we might easily have smashed their toes or the ends of their noses, we refrained in order to gain opportunity for something more effective.

  11. They backed out in a great hurry, and sniffed about and howled a good deal before they ventured in again.

  12. Jones sniffed contemptuously as he turned away to join some members of his own class, leaving Allison in a fume of indignation.

  13. Now, however, he came to Arty, sniffed him over, and rubbed him with his soft, wet nose.

  14. When it had gone black out, he approached, pawed it over, and sniffed in supremest contempt.

  15. Presently one of the four slouched forward, and sniffed at his dying comrade.

  16. With a supreme effort he brought himself to his feet, once more sniffed into the north, the east, and the west, then turned and buried himself in the black and frozen wilderness of tamarack.

  17. He sniffed the sign of human presence, but that sign was always with him, and was not disturbing.

  18. The animal lifted his head still higher to the sky, sniffed to the east, to the west, and back to the shadows of the tamaracks.

  19. The old Indian sniffed suspiciously, his ear close to the opening.

  20. The bear cub sniffed at the food, but curled up on his rug again.

  21. Alex looked in and sniffed inquiringly, after which he backed out and turned toward the campfire, Joe marching along at his side.

  22. All this time Billy had been staring hard at the sandwiches and bread and cheese on the floor, and sniffing at them, as the dog sniffed at him.

  23. The good hound sniffed about, and then set off with his nose to the ground, following the zigzag track Tommy had taken in his hurry.

  24. Not that she valued it;--she rather sniffed at it.

  25. This envelope, however, was different from any she had ever fumbled, sniffed at, or pondered over.

  26. Notwithstanding the fact that Waseche's trail was nearly five days old, the old dog sniffed at the snow and, with a joyous yelp, headed up the smaller river.

  27. Old Boris, running free in the lead, paused at the junction of the trails, sniffed at the place where Waseche had halted early in the morning, and loped unhesitatingly up the river.

  28. Old Boris, always in search of a trail, sniffed industriously about the base of the glacier.

  29. An' a nice way they use it," sniffed Carry sotto voce.

  30. Then they brought in the Invincible St. Cyprien, and Sir John poured out a glass, and sniffed and tasted it and threw up his head, gazing round on the company and looking every man full in the eyes.

  31. My father sniffed the air in the passage and turned to me.

  32. They came, and as the squirrels sniffed at the dead one on the floor there was hardly a mark of difference in their appearance.

  33. He sniffed at my dew-wet boots, backed away, and looked me over curiously.

  34. A cock crew, a lean hound prostrate on the porch of the house rose to his haunches, sniffed, growled, leaped down, and ran to the road and sniffed again.

  35. If Mr. Jacob Cluyme sniffed a little as he was ushered into Miss Crane's best parlor, it was perhaps because of she stuffy dampness of that room.

  36. Mr. Cooke sniffed suspiciously at the word "action.

  37. I sniffed preparation, too, on his followers, and I was sure they were getting ready for some new deviltry.

  38. A dog came out of the shadows and sniffed Selby's hands: then he flopped down in the warm dust and sighed to himself.

  39. He sniffed the mingled aroma of sawdust, tobacco-smoke, and the faint pungent smell of alcohol.

  40. The Midshipman of the Watch lowered his sextant and sniffed longingly, his nose in the air; the off-shore wind had brought with it a hint of heather and moist earth.

  41. Sometimes, sometimes--" And he rolled his great eyes about him and sniffed at the air like a hound.

  42. He sniffed at the air as a dog does, and as he sniffed drew ever nearer to Nandie, till at last he laughed and pointed to her.

  43. I always feel the need of a hearty lunch Mr. Day," sniffed Mrs. Watkins.

  44. The scent of it was so strong that all the fairies in the garden sniffed joyfully.

  45. But to my astonishment, Grip came up, and wagged his tail softly to Sir Roland, and sniffed about him pleasantly, and then offered his grisly ears for a loving rub.

  46. The new boarder sniffed at the contents of his coffee-cup and set it down.

  47. They stopped and sniffed the air inquiringly.

  48. It was soothing and pleasant, and they sniffed again.

  49. But Judy sniffed the air and exclaimed: "Ring, nothing!

  50. The other girl who had a turned-up nose and blonde hair, and was called "Peggy Parsons," sniffed slightly and put her hands behind her back as if she wished to avoid shaking hands.

  51. I never was engaged on a big subject," sniffed Tozer.

  52. People's brains felt pulpy, and they sniffed as with winter's colds.

  53. The dog, standing by her side, sniffed at him gingerly, but a muttered "Be quiet, Joey!


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sniffed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.