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sniffing

noun B2
  1. A sniff sound or action.

Plural sniffings

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“I’ve had that said to me before, but I have my doubts about it,” remarked skeptical Anne, sniffing at her narcissi.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 78 · C1
“A cunning preparation of it,” said Holmes, sniffing at the dead animal.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 194 · C1

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