Sentence examples for sniffing from inspiring English sources

The word "sniffing" is correct in written English
It is often used to describe the action of inhaling through the nose to detect a smell or to refer to the act of observing or monitoring something closely. Example: "The dog was sniffing around the garden, searching for any signs of a hidden treat." Alternatives include "scenting" or "inhaling."

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sniffing

verb

Present participle of sniff

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Its £19.33m cume puts it within sniffing distance of Seven (£19.52m) in the all-time 18-certificate chart.

In other "if Louis van Gaal never sees them again it will be too soon" news, Internazionale are seriously considering a move for Nani, while Lazio are joining the chase for Premier League rejects by sniffing around Liverpool's Fabio Borini.

Before the Stooges he spent years "watching television and sniffing glue"(it speaks volumes that the friend who inspired his rock-star surname, Jim Popp, sniffed so much glue he lost all his hair) and went on from there.

The fear is that the return of England's loosehead Andrew Sheridan, who caused his All Black opposite number Owen Franks so many problems at the weekend, will see the Wallaby tighthead Ben Alexander's nose sniffing the Twickenham mud this Saturday.

We had him on loan from Cardiff and he was brilliant for Dundee United, (we will forgive his penalty shoot-out miss against Celtic which resulted in us losing 11-10 in an astonishing semi final Co-op Insurance Cup tie) but we couldn't hang on to him when Celtic came sniffing round.

Labour's rather contorted effort to gain political capital from the event, with their photos of dogs sniffing out Letwin, scored a measly 7%, with an (admittedly rather juvenile) picture of Hague cuddling an equally bald baby coming out on top with 40%.

Write Conchita's victory off as novelty nonsense if you like, but you'll be sniffing at the millions of people now finding inspiration in her Eurovision ashes.

Sarah Palin, who the media defined as the quintessential model of what a GOP woman is, has made a mockery of the political process: instead of working at becoming well-versed in policy, she cashed in on her political capital behaving like a fame truffle pig, sniffing out anyplace she could put herself in the limelight.

Even being close to the barrels gives me a spinny, achey pressure in my temples, of the kind you might experience when sniffing too much amyl nitrate.

Specially trained dogs from French and Swiss Alpine areas were sniffing at the piles of rubble and alerting their handlers at any trace of human life.

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Some have suggested bomb-sniffing bees as a further step.

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