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sniffy

How to use sniffy in a sentence

Then when Amy was so sniffy—excuse me, Amy—about having boys in the party, why, I had to promise not to tell.

AMY IN ACADIAHELEN LEAH REED

Bearded sniffy old men sitting and demanding that we bear children.

MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWIS

This you will find obscure, but study it well—though strictly in private, so as not to give me away as a sniffy critic.

At Oxford, you know, they are a bit sniffy about the lecturers who arouse enthusiasm.

If she thinks people are unkind to Daisy or sniffy about her, she'll stick to her like a leech.

EAST OF SUEZWILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Twice between three o'clock and breakfast time he met the Housekeeper scuttling along the halls on the same sniffy errand.

THE SICK-A-BED LADYELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTT

His brother could sniff and smell anything, wherever it might be hidden, and he was called Sniffy.

THE CHILD'S WORLDHETTY BROWNE, SARAH WITHERS, W.K. TATE

Squeaky lay in the box all night, and wondered what Sniffy and Sharpeyes were doing.

THE CHILD'S WORLDHETTY BROWNE, SARAH WITHERS, W.K. TATE

And—to his shame Raymond heard it gleefully—she had a "sniffy little cold" that made going out impossible.

But no, you won't have; you're always a bit sniffy about Miriam, you see, and that doesn't encourage people to talk.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985