sneeze
/sniːz/ verb B2- To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose. · To avoid passing on your illness, you should sneeze into your sleeve.
- To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
- To expel or displace (air, snot, etc) from the nose or mouth by the process above.
He/she/it sneezes · Past sneezed · Past participle sneezed · -ing form sneezing
Verb forms
- Base form
- sneeze
- He/she/it
- sneezes
- Past
- sneezed
- Past participle
- sneezed
- -ing form
- sneezing
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When it was all over Mowgli sneezed, and picked himself up without a word.
So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed.
Rikki-tikki shook some of the dust out of his fur and sneezed.
First, because I’m on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they’re making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.” And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
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