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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sniffle .
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Examples
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Sue also "sniffled" a little, and she seemed to be holding back gasping, choking sounds in her throat.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove Laura Lee Hope
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It may have made a big difference in public opinion today and would have at least sniffled some of the more outrageous claims made by the right.
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I was so excited to be the only girl invited to his birthday party – I wore my pink party dress and played Pin The Tail on the Donkey and drop the clothsepin in the milk bottle and then sat on the front steps and sniffled while all the boys kicked a ball around.
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Zoe sniffled a little and wiped the back of her hand under her nose.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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The tears still welled in his eyes, and he sniffled.
CHAPTER 3 2010
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She sniffled and wept softly through much of the deposition.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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I sniffled and wiped my nose on the sleeve of the stained nightshirt that smelled like Henry.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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"I but stretched them up in the sun," she sniffled, "and we be poor people and have nothing."
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Zoe sniffled a little and wiped the back of her hand under her nose.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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He sniffled and wept, but Wolf Larsen was pitiless.
Chapter 13 2010
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