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Sniffle

noun

The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested). Synonyms: snivel, snuffle.

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"Sniffle" Quotes from Famous Books

... been such a funny day from post-time onwards:— congratulations on the great event are beginning to arrive in envelopes and on wheels. Some are very kind and dear; and some are not so—only the ordinary seemliness of polite sniffle-snaffle. Just after you had gone yesterday, Mrs. —— called and was told the news. Of course she knew of you: but didn't think she had ever seen you. "Probably he passed you at the gates," I said. "What?" she went off with ...

— An Englishwoman's Love-Letters • Anonymous

... naturally as tearful as this. I am just tired. I've done too much—seen too much—and it hasn't hardened me; it has made me like a silly child, ready to sniffle ...

— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers

Words linked to "Sniffle" : sniffly, respiration, inspire, breathing, weep, breathe in, external respiration, inhale, cry, ventilation