(n.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.
Example Sentences:
(1) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(2) Both mothers had been sniffing regularly throughout their pregnancies.
(3) Drainage of contrast medium from the maxillary sinus during blowing and sniffing was studied by cine-roentgenography in 11 healthy subjects.
(4) A Standard Neutron Irradiation Facility (SNIF) was established using a 3 MV Van de Graaff accelerator.
(5) Cash may not return much but it will hold its nominal value, a feature not to be sniffed at when approaching retirement."
(6) Two cases of neonatal renal tubular dysfunction and metabolic acidosis due to maternal sniffing of a product containing toluene are reported.
(7) Scopolamine (10 micrograms) only slightly increased the effects of quinpirole (5 micrograms) on both sniffing and oral behaviors, whereas it dramatically potentiated the effects of fenoldopam (2.5 micrograms) on oral activity; sniffing was only slightly increased.
(8) S(+)-MDMA was more potent than R(-)-MDMA in eliciting stereotyped behaviors such as sniffing, head-weaving, backpedalling and turning and wet-dog shakes.
(9) Bilateral injection of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 10-300 micrograms) into the substantia nigra (pars reticulata) of rats produced stereotyped sniffing and had an analgesic-like effect on the hot-plate but not on the tail-flick test.
(10) Following the Nembutal injection, sniffing and feeding are disinhibited temporarily in condition 1, whereas in condition 3 only sniffing, but not feeding, is disinhibited.
(11) Apomorphine-induced gnawing and licking but not sniffing were attenuated in rats with GP lesions.
(12) In control rats, SKF 38393 enhanced the stereotyped responses induced by quinpirole, converting lower-level stereotypies (sniffing and rearing) to more intense oral behaviors (licking and gnawing).
(13) 25 cases of clinically severe toxic polyneuropathy were observed among young people in Berlin who were addicted to sniffing methylethylketone-containing solvents.
(14) Cocaine reduced both the total number and duration of sniffing and licking maternal behaviors, and resulted in a lower maternal behavior rating at 60 minutes compared to saline-treated subjects.
(15) Soon after injection, SKF38393 produced moderate increases in grooming and sniffing which were not very intense, while bromocriptine (with or without SKF38393) inhibited all grooming behaviour.
(16) Toluene which is used as the solvent is presumably the toxic agent involved in glue sniffing.
(17) They were then tested when adult on activity and sniffing behaviour.
(18) "Oh yeah, she's still massively important," he says, citing her strong connections with the underground and her instinct for sniffing out cutting-edge collaborators as reasons for continuing to take her work seriously.
(19) But Heinsohn is sniffed at by some contemporaries, who are wary of drawing too strong a connection between the youth bulge and instances of unrest – particularly very violent ones.
(20) The duration that a single odor needs to be sniffed for identification was determined for 18 humans.
Sniffle
Definition:
(v. i.) To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.
Example Sentences:
(1) A few sniffles and damp cheeks are endearing by comparison.
(2) In this study, we are interested in the character of the mucosa and their changes as affected by long-term injury from the trauma of the inspiratory and expiratory air currents, which, on sniffling or snorting, may reach hurricane speeds.
(3) Though I'm not one to spend January in a hair shirt of self‑denial, I have to say that this week's liquid theme came as a bit of a relief – especially to a household struck down by seasonal sniffles.
(4) So if China gets the sniffles, then the rest of the world should probably keep the tissues handy.
(5) Trump lobbed in: “That makes me smart.” Trump's sniffles distract viewers at first presidential debate with Clinton Read more Had the class clown just admitted on live television, before a global audience of tens of millions, that he has not in fact paid income tax?
(6) Echinacea , a favourite herbal remedy for parents to give children with the sniffles, should not be given to the under-12s , said the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency last week.
(7) In over half the cases the infants had a cold, the sniffles, or other respiratory tract congestion within two weeks of the date of death, which seems to support the oft-quoted contention concerning the possibility of nasal obstruction which could initiate the fatal apnea.
(8) Trump’s repeated sniffling during the first two debates has also drawn attention, and Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was forced to apologise for tweeting a suggestion that it could be due to cocaine use.
(9) They also recorded the severity of their clinical symptoms (runny nose, sniffles, sneezing, postnasal drip, cough and sore throat) on symptom cards.
(10) However, at the less illustrious end of the scale, this surely also means physicians dealing with pest-patients who won't accept that either there's nothing wrong with them or that there is no treatment available, except for their malady to run its course while they sniffle under a duvet in front of a Breaking Bad box set.
(11) Then, right at the end, like a long-suffering, frosty school principal, she decided to expel the ranting, sniffling, whining 70-year-old schoolboy who had not done his homework.
(12) They may indicate a sniffle in the relations between the two countries.
(13) Dr Mark Sonderup, the vice-chairman at the South African Medical Association, told the Mail & Guardian newspaper this week : "I'm not sure we should press the panic button every single time a man of his age has the sniffles.
(14) By the time the service was over their steps were inaudible amid the chorus of sobs and sniffles.
(15) Having always thought of cinema as a safe space, I was ready to cry about five minutes into Nancy Meyers’ The Intern , and then continued wailing and sniffling until the end credits rolled.
(16) Trump hit Clinton on trade and her political record – issues that have helped him draw level in recent polls and may yet dominate the election – but appeared thin-skinned and under-prepared as he sniffled his way through the debate.
(17) And the first lady, Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood, sleeping in a spare bedroom due to a “cold” that is suspiciously sniffle-free, has demanded from her husband a nomination as US ambassador to the United Nations.