Thesaurus / sniff out

sniff out

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How to use sniff out in a sentence

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985