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sniff

/snɪf/ interjection C2
  1. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
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“You’re both queer enough, if that’s what you mean by kindred spirits,” said Marilla with a sniff.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 43 · C1
He could not refer it to Marilla, who, he felt, would be quite sure to sniff scornfully and remark that the only difference she saw between Anne and the other girls was that they sometimes kept their tongues quiet while Anne never did.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 187 · C1
Marilla emitted a sound between a sniff and a grunt.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 278 · C1
On seeing him lying still the creature had probably approached to sniff at him, but finding him dead had turned away again.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 208 · C1

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