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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sniffle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a slight cold or nasal congestion, often associated with a runny or stuffy nose. Example: "After spending the day outside in the cold, I came home with a sniffle that just wouldn't go away."
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A pause, a sniffle.
A sniffle ensues, then congestion, fever, cough.
The sight of old textbooks lining the hallways elicits a sniffle.
A sore throat was always the beginning of strep, a sniffle allergies.
I could manage just a few spoonfuls, but I haven't had a sniffle since.
"The quantity isn't down, but the quality is," Mr. Eluca said with a sniffle.
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But that polka dot scarf shows Martha's determined to cheer herself up: it's the sartorial equivalent of a little sniffle then a forced smile.
At the bar, a patron with a cold sniffled through a warming glass of Syrah and a terrifically funky natural Chardonnay from Australia before Ganzer sent over a nip of a Barolo from 1967.
After the news broke that The Times-Picayune would no longer publish daily, far-flung fans of the city and its newspaper gathered on Twitter — just consider that irony for a moment — and had a collective sniffle.
It wasn't a massive cold, just a minor sniffle.
If you have a cold/flu, sniffle, sneeze, and cough a lot.
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