| 单词 | snuffling |
| 例句 | Gollum crawled along close to the brink for a little way, snuffling and suspicious. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She pressed her snuffling, wet face against mine and, for the first and last time, we kissed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As we came into the village proper, dogs, pigs, and children approached us with a snuffling curiosity. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Meggie saw the dogs' broad skulls pushing through the grass and heard them snuffling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He made a snuffling sound, then sat down with a pencil and a piece of paper. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster hunched over, snuffling my best friend, as if he were about to lift Grover up and make him dissolve too. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z My relief was short-lived as I heard another grunt and some snuffling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The dog looked after his master for a second and then bent his head to the ground, snuffling something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting there, holding Amanda’s picture, I heard a snuffling noise behind me and swung around. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a snuffling noise, which was replaced by a gentle snoring. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I can hear Manchee snuffling around again outside so I creep out and I go to the second scoop. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I sit up all night, Sarah sprawled and snuffling in my lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Orr was snuffling and sneezing with a crippling head cold. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Frank watched as one of the creatures lumbered across the promenade, snuffling and licking the pavement with its long tongue. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We could hear the roof and the fire, and a snuffling outside the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on and on, mewling and snuffling. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a sound of undergrowth being disturbed—a click of breaking branches, a weighty pushing through low foliage—and then a kind of large, vaguely irritable snuffling noise. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There was the sound of him rolling over and a series of snuffling noises, not unlike those of the creature outside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Still, there’s something about coming into a barn full of warm cows, their sweet breath, the scent of the dry hay, and the sounds of their shuffling and snuffling. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The dog barked, its nose snuffling to get beneath the tarp and up through the cage bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z After a minute I left them sitting there, snuffling and feeling sorry for themselves, and I came upstairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She shakes her head but he presses them on her and she eats and drinks, snuffling and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They could hear him snuffling, and now and again there was a harsh hiss of breath that sounded like a curse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kay lowered his defence, turned his back on the Wart, and said in a cold, snuffling, reproachful voice, The battle was over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The snuffling, growling sound coming from the mutts isn't helping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And then he hears a sound— the sound of a baby snuffling. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Dicey remembered the dog, snuffling at the ground for their scents. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The two naturalists began hooting, grunting, squawking, squealing, crowing, mooing, growling, snuffling, quacking, snarling and mewing at one another, until they were red in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have rested longer except for the indescribably rank smell and loud snuffling coming from a few feet away. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The children, tired out, clumped along in silence, the youngest with frequent pleas to be carried; and when we took no notice he began snuffling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ron — that girl who died. Aragog said she was found in a bathroom,” said Harry, ignoring Neville’s snuffling snores from the corner. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A light snore, which might have been the nun on duty, a little snuffling and whimpering—no more than that. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A faint snuffling and then some guttural noises like a growl or bark, followed by a low and plaintive howl? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z One was clad in ragged brown and was armed with a bow of horn; it was of a small breed, black-skinned, with wide and snuffling nostrils: evidently a tracker of some kind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She could hear faint snuffling from beneath the hood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Hen Wen seemed to listen politely for a while, grinning broadly, wheezing, and snuffling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Round these, some favourite hounds lay snuffling in their dreams, or scratching themselves for fleas, or gnawing mutton bones which they had scrounged from the kitchens. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The boar shouldered aside the low hanging boughs of the nearby pine, snuffling and huffing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They lowered their great heads, and the evening air filled with the muffled sounds of smacking lips, tearing grass, and the low snuffling of contented cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I walk past snuffling, whimpering sounds and think of when I was younger, crouched in my bedroom, wiping my nose on one of my sleeves. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The wire between the posts was rusted and torn, bowed up along the bottom by animals snuffling underneath it and down on the top by animals leaning or climbing over it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s rustling over the phone, the crinkling of a wrapper, and some heavy snuffling that sounds distinctly doglike. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Billy Babcock made a low snuffling sound, but he didn’t move. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Down below among the roots there was the sound of creatures crawling and snuffling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He lowered his face right into the dirt, snuffling and twitching. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A small pig with runny nose trots by my foot, snuffling some old orange peel. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Boots made a snuffling sound and pressed her back deeper into his side. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I even saw a pig, snuffling up what had fallen to the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But except for the quiet snuffling of the children, a man’s persistent hacking cough, and Rachel’s labored breathing, no one made a sound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A few seconds later I heard a slow clop~clop~clop, like muf-fled wood blocks, then a sound like an animal snuffling right outside my door. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a grunting snuffling sound in the bush behind the cub: his mother was investigating a rotten tree stump. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But suddenly he stood looking up like some startled woodland animal snuffling a strange air. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Meggie saw a round nose emerge from the pack, snuffling in the hope of more delicacies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He’s all black as usual and he’s sitting next to Bill Galvin, all white as usual, snuffling and taking great slugs out of his black pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Bunny was sniffing around Louisiana’s head, snuffling her barrettes and letting out low moans. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I confess, I spent too long rolling my eyes at the flat style, the shiny characters and the clunky polemics of “The Four Winds” before finally giving in and snuffling, “I’m not crying — you’re crying!” Review | ‘The Four Winds’ is Kristin Hannah’s next inevitable bestseller. Don’t forget the tissues. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z With their paint-freckled surfaces, fiber wigs and movable parts, they’re a chorus of cawing, braying, snuffling, singing beings, visual art as visual noise. Art Review: African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, Tenafly, N.J. 2010-08-19T22:05:00Z He noticed a brown hedgehog snuffling around a garage door. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes Morris is painting intimate, busy pictures of the text, his dancers transformed into the boisterous shepherds, snuffling hounds, and tender lovers who people Milton's poetry. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z It's the key scene of To the Wonder, an image bleary with Malick's fingerprints: magic-hour light, quavering grass, yearning lovers, no dialogue save for gentle snuffling. Rachel McAdams: 'With a Terrence Malick film there will be no shortage of beauty and surprise' 2013-02-14T19:00:00Z One afternoon, the faint smell of charcoal briquettes wafted over the crowd, sunburned men and women planted in camp chairs and trying to keep snuffling dogs not used to leashes to heel. The Real Burning Man 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z A snuffling pig called Muriel has so far been Rose’s sole success. ‘Birth/Rebirth’ Review: Staying (Not Quite) Alive 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z On the other side of the detector, I was greeted by the snuffling nose of a bomb-sniffing English springer spaniel. Can an American tourist in London keep calm and carry on after recent terrorist attacks? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z He sauntered outside, snuffling the occasional curb, as Ms. Winter held his purple “Adopt Me” leash. Ariel Winter Makes Friends at the Animal Shelter 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z You can see what he means, for Žižek cuts a fairly startling physical figure – like a grizzly bear, pawing wildly at his face, sniffing and snuffling and gesticulating between every syllable. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z Ms. Scott Thomas then throws herself upon this stranger, and begins sniffing and snuffling at him like a dog; she’s become an animal who can recognize her kin only by his scent. ‘Electra’ Stars Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic Theater 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z We picnic on vegan chicken salad, quinoa and blueberries, and track an armadillo snuffling around the woods for food. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The Twilight kids would presumably never be caught scaling the walls of a hospital to feast on a patient, or snuffling spilt blood from a dirty stone floor, as Eli does. Let the Right One In: No 8 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:47:00Z There I was, happily stacking the dishwasher or dreaming on the tube, and then – ping! – found myself snuffling and sniffing behind my hand. Captured by Pirates, Between Ourselves, Desert Island Discs, Wild Billy Childish | Radio review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Somewhere in the distance — a mile, two miles, who knows — a flashing light alternated red and green, the only sign besides the rustling and snuffling beneath my platform, that I wasn’t alone. In the California Desert: Vast Darkness, Vibrant Music, an Oasis 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z With nearly a dozen flights on five carriers, lost luggage seemed as certain as a snuffling baby on a red-eye. How to travel around the world in two carry-ons. (Sort of.) 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z As she gnaws, shakes and claws at her victim, her noisy snorting and snuffling is a primitive forest symphony. Review: There's Lots of Suffering in The Revenant, But Bear With It 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “It hurts,” I said, crying, laughing and snuffling. From Georgia to Maine: What I learned on a 6-month hike along the Appalachian Trail 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The gently nutty funk of ribbons of aged jamón taste like snuffling, black Iberian pigs roaming Extremadura to feast on acorns. Tortilla española, mi cariño: An ode to the simple, perfect Spanish omelet 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Even Marcus is sounding like he's been snuffling about in my bag of sedatives. Big Brother's return 2011-08-18T19:25:00Z Every so often, Ms. Rozema also folds in a beauty shot of the lushly green forest, with its dense flora and chirping, snuffling fauna. Review: ‘Into the Forest’: Be Very, Very Quiet. The World’s Ending. 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z As the camera holds on EO in medium close-up, he makes a snuffling sound and a deep blare of horns fills the soundtrack, as if heralding a shift in tone. One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Later, back in the lab, Dr. Bowman and his colleagues would discover that several of the snouts snuffling around this busy barn in New Lexington, Ohio, were harboring influenza. Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair? 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Kaunda, though, appeared unfazed by the unexpected intrusion of his personal space and continued to deliver his on-camera report, only finally bursting into laughter when the elephant’s leathery appendage started snuffling his face. He was reporting on camera in Kenya when a young elephant stole the show 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Christine Burlison thought her newborn baby Aria had nothing more than a cold when she started sneezing and snuffling not long after coming home. Antibody jab approved for common winter virus RSV 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy. Review: 'Gunda' proves to be a wordlessly sublime slice of porcine life down on the farm 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z I watched them press their great wrinkled mouths against the ground, snuffling and chomping. The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Then he – I swear I’m not making this up – calmed down and, after a little bit of snuffling, played with his millions of toys. Philippa Perry: ‘Most parents are not evil - they're lovely people with the wrong tools' 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z The hot snuffling of the Dobermans closing in fast. A Master's first look at the Masters - Golf Digest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Anyone who skips listening to this racist blowhard snuffling his way through a Stephen Miller-penned paean to himself is likely to extend their lifespan many times the length of the speech. State of the Union: Trump trolls the libs and defiles his office; Pelosi upstages him 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z There is no bottom here — no dignity that Republicans will refuse to throw away to defend the snuffling, racist blockhead they call their leader. Why does the Republican Party exist? Mainly to clean up Donald Trump's messes 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z If any swine is fit to be an organ donor for people, then the dozens of pigs snuffling around Qihan Bio’s facility in Hangzhou, China, may be the best candidates so far. Eyeing organs for human transplants, companies unveil the most extensively gene-edited pigs yet 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The harm caused by snuffling, gobbling wild hogs is the stuff of legend. Feral Pigs Roam the South. Now Even Northern States Aren’t Safe. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It deprived nations of their ability to control their own currencies and interest rates; it favored burgeoning German and French power; it operated by élite consensus and an irritating sort of mild bureaucratic snuffling. It’s Still Mrs. Thatcher’s Britain 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z A large female boar stared at Ledgard for a few seconds, then turned, snuffling, and darted off. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z She had gone back into the National Centre For No-Deal Planning, having forgotten her mobile phone, and swiftly secreted herself under a desk when she heard strange snuffling coming from a frosted-glass side room. Has Boris Johnson hatched a cunning no-deal Brexit plan? | Stewart Lee 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z In Erlangen in 2016 a man reported a loud snuffling noise coming from under the stairs leading to his house, which turned out to be coming from a hedgehog couple. Germans kept up at night by noisy igelsex (that’s hedgehog coupling) 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z From that moment until November 2016, news coverage of The Clinton Foundation mainly consisted of snuffling around for gossip, stolen emails and any other stray nonsense that advanced the negative story. That negative image of the Clinton Foundation is owed to a plan run by none other than Steve Bannon 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The previous morning its lone occupant had been Shane Warne, face down among some errant cables to take advantage of a break, snuffling awake with an imprint of the industrial grey carpet mottling one cheek. Caught on tape: the story behind Australian cricket's greatest fall | Geoff Lemon 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Mine was a pair of vervet monkeys goofing around at Victoria Falls and a lone warthog snuffling through plastic outside the national park’s entrance. A $1,100 safari through three African countries? Yes, it's real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The swine scatter when the barn door opens but then approach visitors with curiosity, snuffling at the bars that enclose them. 'It’s wrong to stink up other people’s lives': fighting the manure lagoons of North Carolina 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Hedgehogs are capable of making a range of sounds from a quiet snuffling to hissing, snarling, purring, whistling, clicking and even loud screaming, which is what sometimes gets them mistaken for excited or distressed humans. Germans kept up at night by noisy igelsex (that’s hedgehog coupling) 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The animal makes a snuffling sound and nods, as if trying to shake something out of its baleen. These whales will be extinct in 25 years, scientists say — unless we act now to save them 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The family dog was snuffling at the front door, and one of the sheriff’s deputies asked if he could let it outside. The Addicts Next Door 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Footage of the same pig a few weeks later shows it eerily pink and whole, clattering across the concrete-floor maze and snuffling with pleasure as it flips open a blue plastic box full of food. Can Hypothermia Save Gunshot Victims? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The creatures of Guerrilla Games' third-person action game graze peacefully by themselves or in small family groups, snuffling quietly to themselves as the dappled sunlight hits their flanks. Horizon: Zero Dawn is the first game to let me go hunting with a clear conscience 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Pigs roamed fetid streets, snuffling at the garbage Trollope, like her neighbors, was now expected to hurl through windows. Reading American cities: books about Cincinnati 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z New Yorkers out for brunch at a restaurant’s sidewalk table may soon notice marked changes to their dining experience: whimpers from under chairs, noses snuffling at their feet, eyes peering up in hopeful expectation. Dogs could join people at restaurant patios, as New York senate passes bill 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But the inevitable end point of Brand’s “all politicians are untrustworthy hogs snuffling in the trough” ethos is conspiracy theories, which is precisely where he then goes. Britain, don’t put your faith in Russell Brand’s revolution 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z For others, the drones of the trade, snuffling up rumor for scraps, penury was a more mundane danger. Rumor, gossip, nonsense: How the news became a nightmare 2014-03-29T18:00:00Z His trainer says he eats up to 35,000 calories per day, over ten times the average daily amount for a man, by snuffling tonnes of oats, hay and the occasional carrot. Frankel the wonder horse to quit 2012-10-19T12:33:34Z The al� of the nostrils are glued together by the drying discharge, and this, with the general swelling of the nasal passages, renders the breathing snuffling and difficult. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z We heard a snuffling at the microphone and, nearby, the bellowing of babies that were actually bear cubs. Is Silence Going Extinct? 2012-03-15T22:17:17Z It was then that I realized how genuine her affection was for the feeble, snuffling old man; she would suffer at being lessened in his eyes. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z She has unconsciously continued to push his head forward until his nose presses his breast, and is too busily engaged to notice the snuffling sound that is becoming alarmingly frequent. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z He came in snuffling, smoking, spitting, insolently sure of the respect always paid to his immense fortune. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The priest read with his snuffling voice, which drawled over the syllables like a lamentation, the following ILLUSTRATION. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Then one day, as they got opposite the gate, a small boy in corduroy knickerbockers with a rather greasy scarf round his neck and a snuffling nose came out, and touched his cap. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z "It breaks my heart to see her, and there's nothing anybody can do for her," Mrs. Barkley told Dr. Lavendar, snuffling and wiping her eyes. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z And as he mused o'er blighted lives, The Jabezwock, as yet unfloored, Came snuffling piously to join A meeting of its Board. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:15.237Z A sound as of the Grubey children snuffling round his door recalled him to the illustrious circumstance that he was by way of being a hero of a murder story. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z And at those times, snuffling, coughing and gasping, he was painfully aware that to the other members of the squad, and particularly to the corporal, he must seem nothing less than a curse. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Diogenes, who was engaged on an inspection of his temporary quarters, disregarded these injunctions; he was snuffling round for rats. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Bevis and Mark listened, but heard nothing, except the entangled chafer, the midsummer hum, and, presently, Pan snuffling, as he buried his nostrils in his hair to bite a flea. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We came to a picket, and were only saved from running right into it by the snuffling of a horse. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z “It will not hurt me,” she said, hysterically; but she crouched there trembling as she listened to the snuffling noise beneath her, and then there was a dull thud as of a heavy leap. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Outside Ma's tidy, air-conditioned office, 3,000 pigs sprawled in pungent rows of concrete pens, snuffling in anticipation of their evening corn-and-soybean meal. China's costly pigs irk consumers, help producers 2011-07-08T12:06:20Z Then Dum's automobile veil, the pride of her heart because of its wonderful blue colour, covered the sniffling, snuffling nose of our baby. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Brindle paid no attention at all to Pug but sat like a bulldog done in bronze and for the time being even refrained from snuffling. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z I lie at night and can hear Florian over in the stall snuffling, it's so quiet. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z And as Fritz stood there, gasping and snuffling, she opened the door again, and putting her head in, said,-- "Don't let me see you in my pantry again!" Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Then he lighted his pipe and began to talk to his comrades in a snuffling manner, and thickly. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z These few words were delivered in a pompous and snuffling tone, and, it was easy to see, from the laughter they excited, were an accurate imitation of some one well known to the company. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z A wandering panther came snuffling and howling in the night, and Elebi rose and replenished the fire. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z A lean wolf was slinking in her direction, his muzzle snuffling the dust. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z I'm not such a miserable, snuffling coward as that. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z And poor little ill-used Fly brought it in, dropping tears into the sugar-bowl, and cream-jug, and "apple sass," and snuffling in great mental and bodily distress. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Some such remarks were all the king and queen got for their entreaties; and the fairy's ill-humour, and the snuffling tone in which she uttered these speeches made them quite unbearable. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Twice they disturbed strange beasts that slunk into the shadows as they passed, and came snuffling after them, till Sanders flashed a white beam from his electric lamp in their direction. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z He tossed his big hand into the air and whirled away, snuffling his disgust. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z All the way home her step-mother had wept, steadily and hopelessly, with ugly snuffling noises that took away what dignity there might have been in her grief. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z My wits were so deadened that I had a sort of sweet sorrow instead; the sorrow whose expression is an amiable snuffling melancholy, and a tender reflection on the days that are past. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Bruno rose painfully and walked to the gap, where he suddenly seemed to revive, for he growled fiercely, set up his ruff, and began to look eagerly about, snuffling loudly the while. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Selim lifted his head and she patted the snuffling inquiring muzzle an instant before, with her hand on his mane, she led him through the hedge to the stable. The Valiants of Virginia "I'm sure I beg your pardon, Judge," she said, her voice modifying to a snuffling twang, "but this has so upset my nerves—Mr. Jack, of all men!" The Haunted Pajamas The host assists their exit by continual sneezing and snuffling. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin I can hear other things, too—the soft padding of feet, and heavy, grunting, snuffling breaths. The Land of Strong Men Snoo and Poo, after vainly trying to induce her to play with them, lay in a heap in an armchair snuffling as they slept. A Bed of Roses He heard the harsh snuffling of a boar, and the tread of its feet in the mud at the water-side. Bye-Ways A snuffling noise outside the door of the hut attracted her attention, then a low growl. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising And now Nod saw again the furry Earth-mulgars, lying on their stomachs in their sandy beds, whimpering and snuffling in their sleep. The Three Mulla-mulgars It is found best to introduce several rods into the insulated coil, as with only one the sound produced is rather snuffling. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. State truisms, in inflated language, and wearisome platitudes about nothing, received no additional grace from a snuffling nasal intonation and a short cough. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Only no premature criticism, no inquisitive, impertinent snuffling, but a generous, confident self-devotion. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The door was closed, but a ponderous shaggy bear stood snuffling at the crack at the bottom, and uttering, ever and again, the most terrifying growls. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest And then the girls all heard a sort of snuffling growl–just the sort of a noise they thought a bear must make. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Hector heard a snuffling noise behind him, and wheeled around. The Dueling Machine While Spot was still snorting and snuffling around the Woodchuck family's front door, Billy Woodchuck crept out of the back door and started for the clover patch. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Then the giant turned and loomed above Martin, snuffling. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Hearing many a snuffling Hebrew, many a Sweater's victim poor, Oft he nodded, nearly dozing, but, on the Commission's closing, Schemed out a Report, supposing that by such Report he'd score. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 "Joseph Scott," began a snuffling voice—Scott was standing sentinel at the counting-house door—"might we inquire if your master be within, and is to be spoken to?" Shirley Howls and grunts, snuffling coughs and snarls beat at his ear-drums. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 He was quiet for a minute, with the woman all in a shake against him––and a kind of a snuffling went through the crowd. Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town Finally the Frenchwoman sat down at the side of Madge, snuffling a little, and began to whisper. The Peace of Roaring River The snuffling old air-pump across the Channel says the same thing. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In all of them, the first indication of illness is redness and itching on the inside of the nose and throat with snuffling and discharging from both eyes and nose. Rural Hygiene The bulls have done their work pretty well for us, and we ought to keep something on hand for the bears; they are snuffling at it already. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The huge snuffling Bear was at his side, and confidently he rose to step out of the cave, the Bear accompanying him with its rolling walk. Shaman Like a hound he paused, snuffling the earth. A Son of the Middle Border Rover ran about snuffling, and started off at a rapid rate, giving a series of short, exultant barks as he bounded to his master. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia There was a snuffling sound behind him and Jason turned quickly—and froze. Deathworld He was a skinny little fellow, always shivering and snuffling, and his name was Bob. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Already the brute is so close that he sees his glaring eye and hears his awful scenting and snuffling. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure She hobbled up to the Children and asked, in a snuffling voice: "Have you the grass here that sings or the bird that is blue?" The Blue Bird for Children The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness Why, we were in the thick of them with sword and pistol before they had stayed from snuffling their psalms of welcome.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Occasionally of an evening the wail of the snuffling accordion wavered out over the village. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 In the evenings he used to have supper, and through the wooden partition I could hear him snorting and snuffling as he drank glass after glass. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories The melody, nasal and snuffling, is the very prose, too, of music. The Wagnerian Romances While chewing our beans, toward the end of the repast, an odd sound began to be heard, as of some animal digging at the door, also snuffling, whimpering sounds. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Behind the counter a snuffling, ill-natured fat woman in slippers handed bags of crullers to shrill-voiced children who came in with pennies. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Then, as he breasted the flank of a boulder-strewn tor, he seemed to hear snuffling breathing behind him, and, redoubling his efforts, stepped into a rabbit hole. Uncanny Tales "Go to your room, Alexander, and make ready," repeated the widow, with a glare, and the boy retired slowly, wriggling and snuffling. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story That it is expedient for every hound to say so in a certain snuffling form of words, to which he attaches no good meaning, I do not believe. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 There was no reply, only a snuffling sound of woe. The Keepers of the King's Peace "Because the champion is found," said Stephen in a snuffling voice. The Sundering Flood Then it turned about and came snuffling the air as it looked for him. Hunters Out of Space He pulled the tortoiseshell box from his pocket, opened the lid and took a pinch from its contents, snuffling the powder luxuriously. The Green Rust That stopped me snuffling to ask, “What do I put the cottage cheese on?” It’s like this, cat There was a skinny old man, with a frame like a dried goatskin, who made a snuffling noise when he spoke. The Keepers of the King's Peace “That will do, Jimmy!” said I, and pushed on in silence, Jean Lafitte very grave, and Jimmy snuffling, now, in his grief at leaving the enchanted island. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive To be sure, there was some squealing and grunting, and some snuffling and blowing. The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales I had forgotten all about it, till, the next morning when she came to pour the water into my tub for me, a most inordinate snuffling betrayed the absent wipe. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Walled in by all this gear was another passenger due to debark on Murna, snuffling and grunting with impatience. Blind Man's Lantern He could call the shy little monkeys from the high branches where they hid, and even the fiercest of buffaloes would at his word come snuffling and nosing his brown arm. The Keepers of the King's Peace As the drops splattered it, the pile of leaves erupted with a snuffling hiss like an overloaded teakettle into a tornado of bucking, twisting activity. Cat and Mouse He had no time to shift his gaze to the face of his new C.O., who was snuffling his way toward the foot of the landing ramp. The Highest Treason This puppy was sneezing and snuffling with a perfect howler of a cold. The Coffin Cure To the German the United States is Dollarica, and the salient American personality, next to the policeman who takes bribes and the snuffling moralist in office, is the Dollarprinzessin. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind Now they craunch it, and crowd snuffling along through the corn-hills! Summerfield or, Life on a Farm As a matter of fact the car was a very sterling, if rather old, Panhard Levassor and in no sense could be accused of snuffling. Men of Affairs This is sometimes denoted by a chronic discharge, a snuffling in the breathing, and a contraction of the nostril. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse When told in German, to speak, 'Finnie' begins to tremble—he shakes his head—jingles his bells; and utters a kind of guttural snuffling, and half-suppressed growl or bark. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings Finally he lays himself down on a something called a sofa, and in a short while begins to make dull snuffling sounds. The Adventures of Maya the Bee It commenced with a gentle snuffling that rather resembled the rustling of the waters against the bows of a racing yacht, and then in smooth even stages crescendoed into one grand triumphant blare. Pushed and the Return Push As the Bride takes her place before the Clergyman, with the Bridegroom at her right, there is a faint, snuffling murmur among the spectators. A Book of Burlesques These may appear on any part of the body, and may be general; the eyelids may be closed, the lips rendered immovable, or the nostrils so thickened that breathing becomes difficult and snuffling. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse There were two professional nurses to anticipate her every want, while old Másha, hitherto her one attendant, cowered snuffling in a dark corner of the room. The Genius All of them are apt to begin with a little redness and itching of the mucous membranes of the nose, the throat, and the eyes, with consequent snuffling and blinking and complaints of sore throat. Preventable Diseases The first notice the latter had of his fellow-traveller’s approach would be the loud snapping of the snuff-box, which was invariably followed by a loud snuffling noise, and perhaps by a stentorian blast. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor It was still very dark when they reached the place, Scruff uttering a low snuffling whine; but it was not easy to find a small object like a briar wood pipe. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Then all at once there was a sound like a deep sigh, followed by a snuffling noise, and directly after the canvas wall was pressed in just above the bulwark. Steve Young Just at that moment Nic started, for there was a snuffling noise close to him, the leaves rustled, and he felt the hot breath of one of the dogs on his face. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land There was a quick snuffling about him, and then there was a loud burst of barking, and he felt that the dog who barked was standing with his forepaws on his chest. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai There was a curious snuffling noise now, first in one part of the hut, then in another. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea Oh, my nose, how it does hurt!” he added, covering the swollen organ with his hand, and speaking in a snuffling tone. Burr Junior The dog came rushing up, and we put her to the hole or crack, and she darted into it, went down snuffling, and came back again barking. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden As he approached, the dull roar of their movement, their snuffling and moaning, thrilled the boy. The Eagle's Heart Breathing entirely through the mouth shows that the nose is completely blocked, while snuffling breathing is the result of a partial catarrhal obstruction. The Mother and Her Child Every body was snuffling kind of quiet, 'cause we can't help it. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Slowly the snuffling and sobbing ceased, the handkerchiefs took longer and longer intervals of rest, and when in conclusion the preacher said, "Let us pray," the old210 men looked at each other with fervent satisfaction. Other Main-Travelled Roads He would go on all fours snuffling along the gutters for food and when he came to a morsel of offal he would fall upon it and devour it ravenously. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Also we find useful such abbreviated instincts, called reflexes, as sneezing, snuffling, gagging, vomiting, starting, etc.; hence we have the instincts enabling us to do these things. The Mind and Its Education There is a chilly vapor off him—a swampish miasma—that puts me in a snuffling state, beyond poultice and mustard footbaths. Journeys to Bagdad But it must needs turn aside to go snuffling at the rifle and lick the oil off the locks. The Literary World Seventh Reader He fought the picture that persisted in his imagination—that of a wolf snuffling along the blacked-out hall. The Time Traders The steers, although their pace had not changed, were snuffling in an uncertain fashion, and Wilbur vaguely became conscious that fear was abroad. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters It sounded like the snuffling progress of an undine across the roof! The Sky Is Falling Despite local applications and such pills as they thought fit to administer, still did the snuffling continue. Journeys to Bagdad We sailed as soon as Grue, gobbling and snuffling, had cleaned up the last crumb of food. Police!!! It was a solemn parting and Mr. Gibney and McGuffey were snuffling audibly. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates The face is that of an old man—weazened, pinched, pathetic, with watery, bleary eyes, and snuffling nose. The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People Deacon Whittle had inquired of him, in his snuffling, whining, peculiarly objectionable tone. An Alabaster Box The whole party realised that the boys holding the Hill needed the bombs, so we groped our way along as best we could, snuffling and coughing, our eyes blinking and streaming. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. Between Anna and her father huddled M'riar, frightened, now, and snuffling, clinging desperately to the hand of the loved mistress she had run away to serve. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day We have active cold symptoms like sneezing, running at the nose, snorting, snuffling, hawking. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada From the river came the same strange sounds of snuffling, crackling and grinding of the ice. The Awakening The Resurrection Whenever I had a companion in the schoolhouse at the noon recess, it was generally this lad, and when he was there he was nursing a wound and snuffling. The Soldier of the Valley The snuffling and lapping suddenly ceased; and with the cessation of all sound, the night became sinister. The Summons You are very polite, young man," he suddenly began, in a dry, sharp, snuffling voice.—"That is a rarity nowadays. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Glibly the tramp commenced an impassioned harangue, dwelling upon the hardness of life in general, snuffling and whining after the manner of his kind. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police She remembered this, and she pitied herself; and, thinking that no one heard her, she began to weep, and wept like a child—moaning, snuffling and swallowing salty tears. The Awakening The Resurrection He had refused to recognize the scratch at the door, the snuffling whine through the keyhole. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man At that moment an English bull-terrier, white, with liver-colored spots and a jaunty manner, approached him, snuffling in a friendly way. Famous Modern Ghost Stories The surpliced boy who presented an alms-dish just within the doors was stamping his feet and snuffling with cold. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality Milo the Abbot was celebrant, a snuffling boy served; the Count knelt before the housel-cloth haloed by the light of two thin candles. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay All at once Vandover began to cry, very softly, snuffling with his nose, his chin twitching, the tears running through his thin, sparse beard. Vandover and the Brute Multiply 5400 by 12, and you have 64,800 snores, not including the snuffling neighs, perpetrated in that car from about eleven P. M. until five the next morning! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 I saw that my mother was turning round and taking out her pocket-handkerchief, and I was snuffling a little myself, but at a sign from Father Dan, who was standing at the threshold. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill He whimpered, snuffling an appeal for mercy repeated over and over. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West He signed to Milo to draw nigh, which the snuffling old man did. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Then he rose and departed to his home, while the little, snuffling woman ran at his heels, like a dog. Children of the Mist Be quiet, poodle! what worrisome fiend hath possest thee, Nosing and snuffling so round the door? Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Would that Goring's moonrakers might come across the snuffling organ and cut it off. Cromwell At that moment the dog was snuffling at the very spot. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Encouraged by the sound of her mistress's voice, Jessie stepped from her basket and gingerly approached, snuffling round Cuckoo's feet, and wriggling her body in token of anxious humility. Flames Mary will be going home now and she'll be snuffling to herself all the way back, and she won't tell the nurse anything, I know that. The Golden Scarecrow He went to the side door, listened, and heard outside a continuous and insistent snuffling or sniffing noise, accompanied by whimperings and scratchings at the door. True Irish Ghost Stories She insisted on stopping and snuffling at every odor. Through stained glass "You had best let the snuffling waistrel go," said one of the men in a surly tone. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Jessie sprang to his knees, and thence, naughtily, to the table, snuffling towards the plate of toast. Flames "Thee speaks the truth a second time," said Nathan Slaughter, snuffling and hesitating in his speech: "thee wicked enemies and captivators will never trouble thee more." Nick of the Woods Beside him rested the bear, snuffling in his sleep; and stretched out between him and the Hermit, Brutus snored peacefully. John of the Woods Astrardente watched him keenly, and as he noticed the indifference of Saracinesca's look, he gave a curious little snuffling snort that was peculiar to him. Saracinesca Let others with fanatic face Talk of their milk for babes of grace; From tubs their snuffling nonsense utter; Thy milk shall make us tubs of butter. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Here is a crowd of old laggards still lingering and snuffling over "the blue period." Since Cézanne He was conscious that his voice had drawn out in a snuffling appeal, but he simply had to placate this female ogress in some way. Broken to the Plow And the billy was up on his hind feet with his horns caught in the fullest barrel, and was snorting and snuffling in a drowning condition and tilting the barrel perilously. Casey Ryan "Hullo!"—he let out a kick at Godolphus snuffling at the yard gate, and Godolphus, smitten on the ribs, fled yelping. True Tilda Have you ever noticed what a way a Slavey has of snuffling and saying, "Lor, Sir, oo'd 'a thought it?" on the slightest provocation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 4, 1890 She scrubbed hard, snuffling all the time, and talking volubly. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale "The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley,"—answered the Prior, in a sort of snuffling tone; "but your Grace must remember she is still but a Jewess." Ivanhoe All day long he would crawl around the floor in a filthy little dress, whining and fretting; because the floor was full of drafts he was always catching cold, and snuffling because his nose ran. The Jungle She let fall the rest of the meat, and a snuffling sound came up to her ears. Till the Clock Stops "A word in season at parting," said Tomkins, standing up behind the long leathern back of a chair, hemming and snuffling as if preparing for an exhortation. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier I suspect godliness which shows upon the surface, the snuffling talk, the rolling eyes, the groaning and the hawking. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 I haven't had a cold this winter," his friends will advise him to touch wood; and if he wakes up the next morning snuffling, he will probably soliloquise, "What a fool I was! Robert Browning: How to Know Him The Abbot sang Mass, his old colleagues huddled in choir; the place echoed with the chastened snuffling he knew so well. The Forest Lovers She lectures to factory girls or something, and she paints limp females snuffling over tiger-lilies. From One Generation to Another He bewails to Charles, in snuffling heroics, "Our sorrow and our crime To have accepted life so long a time, Without you here." Among My Books First Series He began by reading out the notices in a snuffling tone: the intentions of the masses for the ensuing week; the names of those about to be married or lately deceased. The Path of Life Instantly, from the dimness beyond the cavern-mouth, the cry was repeated, and presently was heard a panting and 'plaining, a snuffling and a shuffling, and into the light of the fire hobbled the old Witch. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn The old man was snuffling, and a tear or two rolled down his red face, gathered the damp already there and fell. Lying Prophets "Oh, Lavvie! the Dowager Countess is downstairs, and her ladyship likes the pictures," exclaimed the old man, snuffling and smiling infirmly in a flutter of nervous glee. Hide and Seek Allan and Bremilu waited, while from the thicket came, at intervals, the savage snuffling, with now and then a grumbling mutter. Darkness and Dawn Tom was snuffling, now, himself—and more in pity of himself than anybody else. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. It served only to excite their restlessness, to hold them there at the crack of the door, snuffling and slobbering. Hidden Creek She taps at the door, thought that's only a-jar, whining and snuffling, to try, I suppose, to coax me into temper. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 She could not proceed with her work because Mrs. Lessways had chosen this moment to instruct her, with much snuffling, in the duties and responsibilities of her position. Hilda Lessways The snuffling sound of a horse blowing hay-powder or other dust from its nostrils came from the direction of the circular corral. The Ramblin' Kid She was happy, and as they heard a little snuffling sound from between the rocks, Kazan wagged his tail, and Gray Wolf darted back to her young. Kazan No doubt, our town dogs still talk, in a snuffling way, about the days that tried dogs' noses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 "The Lord hath given thee a pleasant dwelling, friend," said the stranger, snuffling a little through his nose. Salute to Adventurers So she read the fourth commandment in an even slower and more snuffling voice, thinking thus to give solemnity to the act, just as she had seen many friars do. The Social Cancer You see, kind sir," said the repulsed Brady, turning to him and snuffling as if at the point of tears, "my own kin disowns me. The Boys of Bellwood School My felt boots are soaking and squelching, my socks are snuffling. Letters of Anton Chekhov I was congratulating myself upon my escape from the mountains, when I was startled by a snuffling, growling noise, and looking up, I saw a large grizzly bear only a few feet away. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra "Now plague on thy snuffling whine," said Sir Geoffrey; "here is a rascal will swear my grandmother's old farthingale to be priest's vestments, and the story book of Owlenspiegel a Popish missal!" Peveril of the Peak She began to read in a monotonous and snuffling voice the considerations of cases of sinfulness. The Social Cancer Guiltily he tiptoed down-stairs and went snuffling along the dusty unvaried brick side streets, wondering where in all New York he could go. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Baree did not follow him, but went to Umisk, who lay half in the mud, whimpering and snuffling in a curious sort of way. Baree, Son of Kazan But in their place had been two steers—wide-flanked and short-horned, with lifted heads and nostrils snuffling free—something crude, brusque, perhaps, but full of power and quick onslaught. Mr. Achilles The loneliness of the spot, its apparent emptiness of life, the silence save for the snuffling and whining of the unseen beasts about them, stirred Philip with a curious sensation of awe. God's Country—And the Woman When you two begin Nosey Flynn stooped towards the lever, snuffling at it. Ulysses Puck had raced up after her, and had come poking and snuffling round Alfred. Friarswood Post Office Knobelsdorf recounted his interesting adventures in Italy; and even Quanta found courage to give the prince's favorite dog, which was snuffling at his feet, and which he hated as a rival, a hearty kick. Frederick the Great and His Court If the snuffling Dyceworthy and I competed at a spelling examination, I'm pretty sure 'tis I would have the prize! Thelma Not grief, but a hereditary rapprochement with death in the abstract, moved her to a dismal, watery snuffling, accompanied by her usual jeremiad. Rolling Stones The man and the creature looked quietly at each other, and then the seal rolled over, with a snuffling, self-satisfied air, winking its soft eyes with immense complacency. Foul Play Patting the dog tenderly, she lifted him upon an arm-chair, and then spread out biscuits and sweetmeats before him, which Zephyr commenced examining with a dignified snuffling of the nose. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times The snuffling imitation of a Methodist preacher was good, and there was another laugh. For the Term of His Natural Life They swarm in a heap, always seeking, always snuffling with their pointed mouths. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography A singular old thing, the Dowager Duchess—means well, but is always snuffling and never able to tell what it is about. The Mysterious Stranger The next morning, however, found her in bed, snuffling and complaining of headache, and pathetically resigned to the idea of spending the day between the sheets. The Hermit of Far End Just look at him, Amelia—just notice this reserved twinkling of his eyes, this snuffling pug-nose of his, this proudly-erect head that seems to smell roast meat and at the same time to utter invectives! Louisa of Prussia and Her Times No one spoke; Mademoiselle lay snuffling and shuddering. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 One day, coming home from his work at the peat bog, he found the elders snuffling and sighing over their afternoon meal. The Great Hunger The next time the refrain was repeated he got to snuffling, and sort of half sobbing, and went to wiping his eyes with the sleeves of his doublet. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 Brother Theodore began snuffling through his nose; there was a pause. Otto of the Silver Hand Then a bustling little man with a snuffling nose and very cold ears pushed in the door. Dubliners With nose to the bottom of the door and busy paws he was trying to get out; while, on the other side, Owd Bob, snuffling also at the crack, scratched and pleaded to get in. Bob, Son of Battle A faint snuffling sound, as before, was heard from the officiating priests, but we knew of nothing more. The Second Funeral of Napoleon Standing upright, framed by the doorframe, was a huge, shaggy, ragged looking bear, and he was snuffling and whining as bears do when they want something. Janice Day the Young Homemaker Meanwhile the fox had met with a huge herd of pigs, snuffling about the roots of some trees. The Crimson Fairy Book That was what had enticed them to forget their duty, and, instead of growling and barking, they had with snuffling noses been licking this tempting flesh. The Daughter of an Empress Old snuffling Seckendorf, born to ill success in his old days, strong only in caution, how is he to quench or stay this crackling of the posts? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 They chanted something in a weak, snuffling, lugubrious manner, to the melancholy bray of a serpent. The Second Funeral of Napoleon The service was performed by a snuffling, well-fed vicar, who had a snug dwelling near the church. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Again the same voice, the same snuffling whisper. The Crystal Stopper For about five minutes all went well; then ``Bill'' Howell solemnly arose and, in a snuffling voice, asked permission to submit a few texts from scripture. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 A most portentous Document; full of sombre emphasis, in sonorous snuffling tone of voice; enunciating, with inflexible purpose, a number of unexpected things: very portentous to his Prussian Majesty among others. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 She cannot be attacked with masculine weapons, e.g., fists and firearms, when she makes an assault with feminine weapons, e.g., snuffling, invective and sabotage. In Defense of Women He put two snuffling men to death, in rage, For the sole reason they spoke through their nose! Cyrano De Bergerac I must say for Mr. Guppy that the snuffling manner he had had upon him improved very much. Bleak House What starts a male meeting to snuffling and trembling most violently is precisely the thing that would cause a female meeting to sniff. In Defense of Women And at the other end we find the snuffling and neurotic woman, with her bogus martyrdom, her extravagant pruderies and her pathological delusions. In Defense of Women |
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