sniff

[snɪf]

Definition:
1. Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.
2. Perceive by inhaling through the nose.
3. Inhale audibly through the nose.

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Use 'sniff' in a sentence:

1. Now you can sniff a fragrance and get the same effect.
2. Japanese firms, for their part, sniff a big new market.
3. We should take a sniff at everything and distinguish the good from the bad.
4. All that is required is for the operator to work out how to sniff appropriately.
5. One sniff of this is enough to kill you.
6. Your job is to help people to sniff out the information they need.
7. If that idea has the whiff of failure about it, well, sniff again.
8. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was "too sophisticated" to appeal to most viewers.
9. The sniff of power went to his head.
10. He sniffed back the tears.
11. Moira looked around and sniffed. 'This place badly needs a decorator.'
12. 'Tourists!' she sniffed.
13. Have the Press got a sniff yet?
14. Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
15. I can sniff out secret.
16. Sniff the cookie in an insecure network.
17. Allow time to let it explore, sniff around and then settle down.
18. No stopping to sniff the roses?
19. The dogs are trained to sniff out drugs.
20. The dog sniffed at my shoes.
21. We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing.
22. When I sniff loudly, he passes me his handkerchief.
23. I just wanted to sniff their newborns' heads.
24. Sniff a banana, apple, or peppermint.
25. Other ants sniff the chemical trail and follow it toward that same food source.
26. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was 'too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers.
27. Iran's leaders sniff that they want to see action, not just nice words.
28. Sniff Keith Richard's cutlery?
29. My mother gave a sniff of disapproval.
30. Then, at the first sniff of danger, he was back at his post.
31. She wiped her face and sniffed loudly.
32. The bear pauses on a patch of rockweed algae to sniff the air.
33. If you're on the phone with this guy all the time and you sniff something out, you can maybe stop lending him money.
34. Foreign Office sources sniffed at reports that British troops might be sent.
35. She sniffed and looked woebegone.
36. You know what they'll be like if they get a sniff of a murder investigation.
37. When offered anything unusual to eat, a pig will sniff at it and nibble gently.
38. If he likes the wine, he'll actually sniff it.
39. His sobs soon turned to sniffs.
40. Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning.
41. He sniffed, fidgeting in discomfort, uneasy at the suggestion.
42. She didn't get even a sniff at a medal.
43. I felt myself blush. Then I sniffed back a tear.
44. 'It's hardly what I'd call elegant,' she sniffed.
45. The salary was not to be sniffed at either.
46. Biologists also noted deer sniff and lick an unfamiliar rub, which suggests that this visual mark on a small tree plays an important communication purpose in the social life of deer.
47. They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble.
48. Sniffer dogs are friendly and cute, so they don't scare people as they sniff through the crowds.
49. He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue.
50. In those days,$ 20 was not a sum to be sniffed at.
51. He crawled from print to print, sniffing at the earth, following the scent left in the tracks.
52. Hollywood agents have been sniffing around him.
53. We don't want journalists sniffing around.
54. They train dogs to sniff out drugs.
55. He sniffed the perfume she wore, then gave her a quick survey.
56. She took a deep sniff of the perfume.
57. Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air.