sniffle

Getting here now — typing away while I sniffle with a cold, a life I wouldn’t change for the world — required carefully deflating a rapidly overblown ego.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Anecdotally, it's not unusual to have a bit of a sniffle at work.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

“I got your card … ,” he said with a sniffle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 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

It made parents more wary of illness, so when children get sniffles, they want to keep them off.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

We tend to think of the disease as a respiratory problem, given all the coughs and sniffles it produces, but it’s really more of a vascular disease, impacting any system that relies on blood vessels.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

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

With the guards close by she felt she could get through it without melting into sniffles, or worse.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Members of the crowd sniffled and wiped away tears.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023

He sniffled as the postgame news conference was about to begin.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2023

Quinn could be seen visibly tearing up throughout Burrows’ speech, while the crowd sniffled at his visible emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

Subsequent jurors held back tears, or sniffled, their faces distraught.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022

“I hate Ohio! I’m going to be miserable there! I—I—” She sniffled.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin