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sniffle

verb as in snivel

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“I don’t really know where you go from here,” Cain said, sniffling.

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José stared at the ground, sniffling, pulling up his shirt to wipe away tears.

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Anecdotally, it's not unusual to have a bit of a sniffle at work.

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While playing a game of “Name that Tagline” with Evans, Wilson struggled to contain his sniffling and sipped on his tall glass of milk until it was empty.

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It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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