sniff - use in sentences

Object

  • glue: I don't wanna sniff glue like me mates.
  • cocaine: Apparently Kate was caught sniffing the cocaine with some people related to Kate's boyfriend Pete Doherty's band.
  • solvent: There is also a strong possibility that sniffing solvents over a longer period of time could make someone's epilepsy worse.
  • packet: Therefore, " Bob " will only respond if he has sniffed the packet from the wire.
  • air: Abraham sniffed the still air, then crouched beside tall grass stems.
  • substance: Health risks Sniffing these substances can be lethal or cause long-term damage.

Modifying Another Word

  • loudly: One of the male lawyers, the taller of the two, sniffed loudly and then said.
  • about: He then set off eastwards along about 7 meters of passage to have a sniff about.
  • again: We kind of took a liking to each other, and that was that. ' The policeman sniffed again.
  • hard: She sniffed hard and looked up at me, " I love you, you know that?
  • then: A rather scruffy looking Wesley Kerr then sniffed his was a location " far too grand to be on any Monopoly board.
  • still: However, if a hacker compromises the end-nodes of a VPN connection, they can still sniff the traffic.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: And of course, sniffing out his next project.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • around: Doing nothing more than enjoy a pint sniff around the girls put a bet on at the bookies.

Particle object: out_obj

  • drug: Wasn't much of a lateral career shift to work in vise so I helped the police sniff out drugs as well.

Used with why or when

  • when: Actors can use non-word sounds as character mannerisms, like a character who always sniffs loudly when they get angry.

Particle object: up_obj

  • nose: It is usually sniffed up the nose or sometimes made into a solution, which is then injected.

Preposition: of

  • goal: An under-hit back-pass by the acting captain Stam gave Robbie Keane a sniff of goal.
  • chance: We had a sniff of a chance from a corner two minutes in.

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