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sneeze

[sneez] / sniz /
NOUN
expulsion of air
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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That is nothing to sneeze at—though it is dwarfed by the $13 trillion that was indexed to the S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Interest surged in 2020 when the star unexpectedly dimmed after what was described as a stellar "sneeze."

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

I’m particularly fond of how the Na’vi express themselves in hisses and coyote yips and exhale the foreign name Jake Sully like a sneeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

"If Manchester United sneeze, football catches a cold," football finance expert Kieran Maguire told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

He imagined quietness, delicacy, the kind of woman whose sneeze, whose laugh and talk, would be soft as the under feathers closest to a chicken’s skin.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie