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sniff

verb as in breathe in

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Its nose is working overtime, wrinkling and stretching as it sniffs the air.

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Alexander looked down at the floor and sniffed.

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Penelope and Miss Mortimer walked at a safe distance behind the three sniffing, careening, sheet-clad children.

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He stroked it, held it up to the light, and even gave it a sniff.

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Beowulf paused long enough to take a deep sniff.

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