sniffle
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Anecdotally, it's not unusual to have a bit of a sniffle at work.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
People might initially shrug off a little sniffle or a tiny sore throat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
"Pastina is the cure for any cold, sore throat or sniffle," Ali Abene Dahlhaus wrote on Facebook.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
It’s a sniffle, a tickle in the throat and a headache.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
As I hung up the dress, I heard Audrey sniffle.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
If you want a place to start, here’s the hippie bowl I keep making lately — the one that’s been getting me through gray days and lingering sniffles.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
To deliver sentiment, the film instead relies on a score that sniffles as though a racehorse is being taken out to get shot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
You may be spreading virus particles a day or two before your first sniffles appear; this viral shedding can peak two or three days after you develop symptoms.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
At the end of the fifth test, the subject was sent home to New York with three or four aspirins in an engraved envelope for his sniffles, which turned out to be bronchial pneumonia.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
At the premiere, fans sang along to the classics and sniffled during “Younger You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Subsequent jurors held back tears, or sniffled, their faces distraught.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
I’d never seen soprano Christine Goerke in such a state: Her voice cracked, her nose sniffled, her face turned bright red.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2022
After they marched out, men and women sniffled in the silence that the pipers left.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020
Audrey sniffled and played with her tear-soaked tissues.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
An emotional Flynn was seen in court at times sniffling and wiping tears from his eyes.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Lying would be obvious if you’re not coughing, sniffling or sneezing, and insulting to the other person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
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.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
Are we still paying off our pandemic-induced “immunity debt,” or is there another reason that it feels like we’re all sniffling and coughing and just feeling sick?
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2024
My sister and brother ended up sniffling all the way to Houston because they wanted to go back home.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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