sniffle
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"Pastina is the cure for any cold, sore throat or sniffle," Ali Abene Dahlhaus wrote on Facebook.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
“What could be a sniffle for them could end up putting your baby in the hospital.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
Ms Adgey said people must understand the threat of RSV and that for some, especially children, it is not just a little sniffle or cold.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
Seattle Pro Musica, on the other hand, requires masks and proof of vaccination for both rehearsals and concerts and is urging members to stay home if they have so much as a sniffle.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
Chestnutt broke the silence with a sniffle, and she collapsed against Ayanna’s legs.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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
And if you must leave the house and go anywhere there’s a crowd and have symptoms such as sniffles, “wear a mask,” Ovsepyan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Fall and winter bring higher circulation of sniffles, sneezes and coughs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
“I can count backward from one hundred in a duck voice,” Esme volunteered through her sniffles, and then began to demonstrate, quacking: “One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight. . .”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
She sniffled throughout the hearing, wiping at her eyes and her nose with her hand and a tissue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Members of the crowd sniffled and wiped away tears.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
Subsequent jurors held back tears, or sniffled, their faces distraught.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
After they marched out, men and women sniffled in the silence that the pipers left.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020
‘Fine lady,’ she sniffled, and went on dreamily, ‘and I’ll have a gray pony and a pony cart. I’ve got the gold locket already.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
For the 23-year-old Christmas can be a particularly difficult time as the sounds of other people, chewing, slurping and sniffling make her feel extremely uncomfortable.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
Bergquam also cried on screen, and Gruber shifted from sniffling to informing the show’s visibly upset host that “the anger is coming now.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2025
“I don’t really know where you go from here,” Cain said, sniffling.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025
It comes out, and I hear my mother outside, sniffling, and my dad muttering, probably holding her.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
