Sentences with sniff
sniff
S s - She wiped her face and sniffed loudly. [VERB]
- At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs.
- Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air. [VERB noun]
- 'Tourists!' she sniffed. [VERB with quote]
- The salary was not to be sniffed at either. [be V-ed + at]
- He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue. [VERB noun]
- You know what they'll be like if they get a sniff of a murder investigation. [+ of]
- Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
- To sniff a scandal.
- To sniff the air.
- A sniff of perfume.