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Sniff \Sniff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf.
Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, v. t.]
To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done
as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M.
Arnold.

Sniffing \Sniff"ing\, n. (Physiol.)
A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and
the air drawn in through the nose.

JEAN Courtiere, President Directeur-General of Parfums Givenchy SA is sitting at his desk in Le Vallois in Paris sniffing.
Around the world cereals crops appear to be in generally good condition and demand for the US wheat crop is weak, with buyers sniffing at export incentives and biding their time until the harvest pushes prices lower.
Since last July, the bodies have turned up one-by-one, uncovered by highways workers, passersby and police dogs sniffing 40 miles of roads.
In a letter published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, they described two cases in Cincinnati in which boys died suddenly while sniffing gas.
Gilberto Campos was alarmed when he found his sons sniffing green rocks that kids carried away from the municipal dump.
Carolco and its affilates have been sniffing around Vista for a few years.
Their stock in trade as "executive producers" is sniffing out hot properties, locking them up and then getting big studios to bankroll and distribute them.
Moslem visitors to Sri Lanka won't tolerate dogs sniffing them or their luggage.
His problem is that Customs has just 197 drug officers nationwide, aided by 32 dog teams sniffing baggage and cargo at ports of entry.
By 1987, only 16 percent were college-educated, most took the drug by the more potent methods of sniffing vapors or injection, and most were unemployed and under 30.
The Angels said the man was sniffing glue but police said they found no evidence of that, prosecutor Barry Watson said.
It involves a person sitting in front of a chromatograph, sniffing emissions and having their responses recorded by a computer.
The American Family Association says CBS should apologize to the public and fire those responsible for showing Mighty Mouse sniffing what appeared to be cocaine on a Saturday morning cartoon.
The advance guard of development - bankers, venture dealers and financiers - have already begun to trickle back, sniffing out embryonic deals in the urgently-needed reconstruction of everything from telecommunications to waste disposal. Go to Beirut.
There then followed a familiar conference ritual, which resembles that of dogs sniffing each other; I checked his lapel badge, he checked mine.
Spidey's success has Hollywood sniffing around for a movie deal.
That this Mr. Kinnock may charm Western judges by tying South African apartheid to free trade is testimony to his fine nose for sniffing out a vintage promotional opportunity.
Knowlton says that when he is working Buddy in extremely cold weather, he puts him back in the car to warm up after six hours of sniffing through the ice that forms as firefighters put out the blaze.
Nevertheless, the Republicans, known in the past for their smooth stagecraft, are sniffing in scorn at the Democrats' pandering to the entertainment ethic.
Researchers at TNO, the Netherlands organisation for applied research, is investigating the use of trained 'sniffing' panels to supplement chemical and physical measurement systems when detecting sick buildings.
An animator has given in to a conservative media watchdog group and cut a segment from a Mighty Mouse cartoon, but maintains the scene shows the cartoon character sniffing flowers, not snorting cocaine.
The theory of this Patrick Hasburgh-Stephen J. Cannell production is that a leftover Sixties hard-rocking cop is the perfect mentor for smooth-faced Eighties undercover operatives sniffing out evil.
A woman breaks down and cries as she begs her friend for a few drops of broth. When Arouch steals a moment with his girlfriend, Allegra (Wendy Gazelle), he embraces her as if he were a starving man sniffing a loaf of warm bread.
Fourteen-year-old Luis and 18-year-old Jose lurched and stumbled in the unpaved streets, occasionally pulling a sock out of a pocket and sniffing it.
Little's trainees meet several times a week for a few months, tasting and sniffing things and comparing their impressions with those of veterans.

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