1
sniffles plural
: a head cold marked by nasal discharge
2
: an act or sound of sniffling
Examples of sniffle in a Sentence
Verb
The children have been sniffling for a week now.
“In your family's eyes,” she sniffled, “I'm not good enough.”
Noun
He couldn't stop his sniffles.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Others may be sniffling all the time due to year-round allergies.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Umair Irfan, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025
Getting the spring sniffles in Sacramento? California’s capital city is one of the worst places in the country for seasonal allergies, according to a new study by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The creature, with its small eyes, a pink, sniffling nose, and gray spikes that did not hurt but only tickled, did not have a name.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Others may be sniffling all the time due to year-round allergies.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
Sneezing and sniffles are some of the sirens of climate change.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025
Getting the spring sniffles in Sacramento? California’s capital city is one of the worst places in the country for seasonal allergies, according to a new study by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Sniffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sniffle. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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