Sniffing synonyms

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whiffing
To waft.
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snuffing
To smell, sniff, or sniff at
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snooping
To snoop is to investigate or poke around, typically into someone's private affairs or where you are not wanted.
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smelling
To have the odor or a suggestion (of)
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scenting
To have a smell.
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nosing
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
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inhaling
(Intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
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detecting
To detect is defined as to uncover or sense something previously hidden.
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exhaling (antonym)
To breathe out.
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Find another word for sniffing. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sniffing, like: whiffing, snuffing, snooping, smelling, scenting, nosing, inhaling, detecting and exhaling.
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Sniffing Sentence Examples

  • She left the room, sniffing, but with determination in her stride.

  • Effie said, sniffing back a sob.

  • "We're so glad you're safe," Cynthia said, sniffing back a sob.

  • That the sense of touch is highly developed seems quite certain, because the bird, although it may not be audibly sniffing, will always first touch an object with the point of its bill, whether in the act of feeding or of surveying the ground; and when shut up in a cage or confined in a room it may be heard, all through the night, tapping softly at the walls..

  • Arakcheev looked at the Emperor from under his brow and, sniffing with his red nose, stepped forward from the crowd as if expecting the Emperor to address him.

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