sniffed

verb

Definition of sniffednext
past tense of sniff
as in smelled
to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose a curious cat sniffing the flowers in the garden

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniffed
  1. smelled
  2. inhaled
  3. smelt
Verb
  • Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car.
    Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Officers patrolling on an upper level of the subway station then smelled and saw smoke, and went to investigate, according to Tisch.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of smelled
Verb
  • When inhaled, this leads to symptoms such as irritation and inflammation.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Public health officials said human infections with H5 can happen when the virus gets in a person’s eyes, nose, mouth or is inhaled from close or prolonged exposure to sick animals or their environments.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of inhaled
Verb
  • During the roughly 200-year stretch of the Pax Romana, the Romans were extracting and smelting a lot of silver to make coins.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Along with pottery, the team has excavated kilns, as well as clues that workers in the city smelted iron ores, Frachetti says.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of smelt
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